Methanol → HCID 21474741, compound

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A procedure similar to that described in Preparation 12 was repeated, except that 4.50 g of 2-phenylethoxymethyloxirane (prepared as described in Preparation 55), 8.20 g of sodium azide, 45 ml of methyl formate and 180 ml of an 8:1 by volume mixture of methanol and water were used, to give 5.49 g of the title compound as a colorless oil having an Rf value of 0.70 (on silica gel thin layer chromatography, using a 2:1 by volume mixture of hexane and ethyl acetate as the developing solvent).

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