Neopentyl alcohol → tert.-butyl-methyl ether

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Unfluorinated bis-neopentyl ether was synthesized by a method described by V. Gosh, J. Org. Chem. 37 No. 13, p.(1972). A brief summary of that process follows. 0.23 mole (20 g) of neopentyl alcohol (Aldrich Chemical Co., Milwaukee, WI) was dissolved in 150 ml of reagent grade toluene. A stoichiometric amount (5.3 g) of elemental sodium was added. The mixture was stirred and refluxed at a temperature slightly above the boiling point of toluene (109° C.) until all of the metallic sodium had been dissolved, according to the following reaction: ##STR7##

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