3-Furancarboxaldehyde, 5-(triethylsilyl)- → HCID 11830655, compound

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n-Butyl lithium (a 2.5 M solution in hexane; 4.4 ml, 11.0 mmol) was added dropwise to a suspension of methyltriphenylphosphonium bromide (3.93 g, 11 mmol) in THF (40ml) at 0 degrees C. under argon. After 2 hours stirring at 0 degrees C., a solution of 2-triethylsilyl-4-furaldehyde (1.54 g, 7.33 mmol) in THF (2 ml) was added. Stirring was continued at room temperature for 14 hours and the mixture was quenched with methanol/water 40 ml (1:1). Extraction (pentane) and evaporation of the dried (magnesium sulfate) extracts gave a residue, which was purified by flash chromatography on silica using pentane to give the titled furan. Rf (pentane) 0.75.

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