Methanol → HCID 21474724, compound

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A procedure similar to that described in Preparation 12 was repeated, except that 4.0 g of 5-phenylpentyloxymethyloxirane (prepared as described in Preparation 49), 5.9 g of sodium azide, 160 ml of an 8:1 by volume mixture of methanol and water and 40 ml of methyl formate were used, to give 4.5 g of the title compound as a pale yellow oil having an Rf value of 0.25 (on silica gel thin layer chromatography, using a 1:4 by volume mixture of ethyl acetate and hexane as the developing solvent).

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