Water → 1-(tert-butyldiphenylsilyloxymethyl)-2,6-dimethyl-3-[N-methyl-N-(phthalimidoacetyl)amino]benzene

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To a suspension of 1-(tert-butyldiphenylsilyloxymethyl)-2,6-dimethyl-3-(phthalimidoacetylamino)benzene (57.4 g) and sodium hydride (4.78 g) in dimethylformamide (287 ml) was dropwise added methyl iodide (15.5 g) under ice-cooling, and the mixture was stirred for 15 minutes at the same temperature and then for 2 hours at ambient temperature. Water and ethyl acetate were added to the reaction mixture, and the resulting precipitates were collected by filtration and washed with water and ethyl acetate to give 1-(tert-butyldiphenylsilyloxymethyl)-2,6-dimethyl-3-[N-methyl-N-(phthalimidoacetyl)amino]benzene (28.18 g) as colorless crystals.

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