Imidazole → Tert-butyl(cyclopent-3-en-1-yloxy)diphenylsilane

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Reaction Steps

To an ice-cooled solution of 4-hydroxycyclopentene (50.0 g, 0.594 mol) and imidazole (80.9 g, 1.19 mol) in N,N-dimethylformamide (300 mL) was slowly added tert-butyldiphenylsilyl chloride (180 g, 0.65 mmol). The reaction mixture was warmed to room temperature. After 16 h, the reaction mixture was diluted with water (1 L) and ethyl acetate (500 mL). The aqueous layer was extracted with ethyl acetate (2×200 mL). The combined organics were washed sequentially with water (3×300 mL) and saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution (2×200 mL). The collected organic was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated. Purification by flash column chromatography (15:1 petroleum ether/ethyl acetate) provided tert-butyl(cyclopent-3-en-1-yloxy)diphenylsilane (188 g, 98%) as a colorless oil. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 7.69-7.66 (m, 4H), 7.43-7.38 (m, 6H), 5.63-5.60 (m, 2H), 4.58-4.53 (m, 1H), 2.46-2.38 (m, 4H), 1.61 (s, 9H).

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