Trimethoxysilane → 4,5-Methylenedioxy-2-nitrobenzyl 3-(trimethoxysilyl)propyl ether

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A 10-ml eggplant type flask was purged with nitrogen, and charged with 1.0 g (4.2 mmol) of allyl 3,4-methylenedioxy-6-nitrobenzyl ether, 0.616 g (5 mmol) of trimethoxysilane, and an infinitesimal amount of hydrogen hexachloroplatinate(IV) hexahydrate (H2PtCl6·6H2O), followed by stirring at 37° C. for 30 minutes. Thereafter, the bath temperature was raised to 100° C., and the reaction was completed in 2 hours. The reaction mixture was purified by silica gel column chromatography using a medium-pressure column. Using a mixture of hexane, ethyl acetate and tetramethoxysilane (in a volume ratio of 100:20: 1) as the eluent, 0.80 g (2.2 mmol) of the desired product was obtained in a 52% yield. Its Rf value (for the aforesaid eluent) was 0.1.

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