Methyl iodide → Ethyl 4-[(tert-butyldimethylsilyl)oxy]-1-methylcyclohexanecarboxylate

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Ethyl 4-(tert-butyldimethylsilyloxy)cyclohexanecarboxylate (3 g, 10.47 mmol) in THF (20 mL) was added to a freshly prepared solution of LDA (prepared from n-butyllithium (26.2 mmol) in hexane and diisopropylamine (3.73 mL, 26.2 mmol) in 7 mL of THF) at −78° C. the reaction was stirred for 1 h, warmed to 0° C. for 5 min, cooled again to −78° C. followed by addition of methyl iodide (2.292 mL, 36.7 mmol). The reaction mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature overnight, quenched with aqueous ammonium chloride, and concentrated under vacuum to remove volatile solvents. The residual aqueous mixture was extracted with ether, and the ether solution was dried and concentrated under vacuum to give the crude product as an oil which was further purified via normal phase chromatography on silica gel (Biotage SP1, 40+S column) to give product (2.7 g; MS: (M+H)+=301.3) as a clear oil.

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