Trityl chloride → 2-((Triphenylmethyl)amino)ethanol

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Reaction Steps

Ethanolamine hydrochloride (9.9 g; 100 mmol) is partially dissolved in CH2Cl2 /CH3CN (200 ml/100 ml) and Et3N (23 ml; 170 mmol) is then added. Tritylchloride (18.9 g; 67.6 mmol) is added portionwise over 30 minutes. After the addition is complete the reaction mixture is allowed to stir an additional 30 minutes, diluted with CH2Cl2, washed With H2O 2× and brine, dried (MgSO4), concentrated in vacuo and purified by column chromatography with silica/CH2Cl2 to give N-tritylethanolamine as an oil which is used directly in Step B.

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