Methanol → HCID 21474785, compound

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A procedure similar to that described in Preparation 12 was repeated, except that 4 g of 6-phenylhexyloxymethyloxirane (prepared as described in Preparation 61), 5.5 g of sodium azide, 100 ml of an 8:1 by volume mixture of methanol and water and 25 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 0.39 (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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