Methanol → HCID 21474718, compound

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A procedure similar to that described in Preparation 12 was repeated, except that 5.77 g of 3-phenylpropoxymethyloxirane (prepared as described in Preparation 52), 9.75 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 6.6 g of the title compound as a pale yellow oil having an Rf value of 0.27 (on silica gel thin layer chromatography, using a 1:5 by volume mixture of ethyl acetate and hexane as the developing solvent).

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