Sodium Acetate → 1-(Methoxydimethylsilyl)methanol 1-acetate

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A mixture of 230.4 kg (1.662 kmol) of (chloromethyl)-methoxydimethylsilane and 11.8 kg (34.8 mol) of tetrabutylphosphonium bromide was heated up to 90° C. and admixed during 3 h with 150 kg (1.828 kmol) of sodium acetate (anhydrous) in 6 portions of 25 kg each such that the temperature did not exceed 114° C. The mixture was subsequently stirred without additional heating for 1 h and then at 115-122° C. for a further 2 h. Thereafter, the product was distilled out through a column at 18-30 mbar (head), 50-53° C. (head) and 84-120° C. (pot), while 150 kg of Hydroseal G 400 H were metered into the residue during the distillation to ensure stirrability. The product (acetoxymethyl)methoxydimethylsilane (249.2 kg, 1.536 kmol, 92% of theory; purity 99.6% (GC area %)) was obtained as a colorless liquid. The solvent, sodium chloride, excess sodium acetate and the phase transfer catalyst in the form of the chloride, bromide and acetate salt of tetrabutylphosphonium remained in the residue.

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