Imidazole → 3-Bromo-7-(tert-butyldimethylsilanyloxymethyl)imidazo[1,2-a]pyrimidine

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3-Bromoimidazo[1,2-a]pyrimidin-7-ylmethanol (912 mg, 4.00 mmol) was dissolved in dichloromethane (10 ml) and treated with imidazole (0.70 g, 10.3 mmol) and tert-butyldimethylsilyl chloride (0.77 g, 5.1 mmol) and the mixture left to stir at ambient temperature for 1 h. The reaction was diluted with dichloromethane (75 ml) and washed with 0.01N hydrochloric acid (2×50 ml). The organic phase was washed with saturated sodium hydrogencarbonate solution (50 ml), water (50 ml) and brine (50 ml), dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, filtered and evaporated to give crude 3-bromo-7-(tert-butyldimethylsilanyloxymethyl)imidazo[1,2-a]pyrimidine (1.37 g, 100%) as a yellow solid.

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