Sodium Iodide → HCID 19836671, compound

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Step A ##STR104## A solution of 4-tert-butyldiphenylsilyloxymethylphenol (see Example 1, Step A) (13 g) and ethyl bromoacetate (4.0 ml) in acetone (50 ml) was refluxed for 40 h in the presence of sodium iodide (5.37 g) and potassium carbonate (4.69 g). The reaction mixture was partitioned between ethyl ether and water, and the dried (MgSO4) organic phase was evaporated. Silica gel chromatography of the residue afforded ethyl 2-(4-tert-butyldiphenylsilyloxymethylphenyl)oxyacetate as a colourless syrup (8 g); IR νmax 1735 cm-1 ; NMR (60 MHz, CDCl3)δ 1.1 (9H, s), 1.3 (3H, t, J=6 Hz), 4.2 (2H, q, J=6 Hz), 4.55 and 4.65 (each 2H, s), 6.8-7.8 (10H, m).

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