Imidazole → 1-Bromo-2-[[(1,1-dimethylethyl)dimethylsilyl]oxy]-benzene

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A solution of 2-bromophenol (5 mL, 47 mmol), imidazole (8 g, 118 mmol) and tert-butyldimethylsilyl chloride (8.6 g, 57 mmol) in DMF (50 mL) was stirred at rt overnight. The reaction was treated with water (150 mL) and extracted with Et2O (4×25 mL). The organic phase was washed with 50% aq lithium chloride solution twice, dried over MgSO4 and filtered. The solvent was evaporated and the crude product was purified by filtration through silica gel, washing with 1:1 EtOAc/hexanes to afford bromo-2-[(tert-butyl)dimethylsiloxy]benzene (13.4 g, 99%).

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