Chloromethyl Methyl Ether → 5-(t-butyldiphenylsiloxymethyl)-2,2-dimethyl-5-[(4-methoxymethoxymethyl-2-nitro-1H-imidazol-1-yl)methyl]-1,3-dioxane

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101 mg (0.19 mmol equivalents) of 5-(t-butyldiphenylsiloxymethyl)-2,2-dimethyl-5-[(4-hydroxymethyl-2-nitro-1H-imidazol-1-yl)methyl]-1,3-dioxane was dissolved in 2.0 mL of dichloromethane and cooled to about 0° C. in an ice bath. 125 μL (0.72 mmol equivalents) of N,N-diisopropylethylamine and 41 μL (0.51 mmol equivalents) of methoxymethyl chloride were added thereto, and the mixture was stirred for 26 hours while increasing the temperature to room temperature (25° C.). After completion of the reaction, a saturated aqueous solution of sodium bicarbonate was added dropwise, and the mixture was extracted three times with ethyl acetate. The combined ethyl acetate layers were washed with water and brine, then dried with anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and subsequently concentrated under vacuum. The obtained crude product was purified by silica gel column chromatography (eluent: hexane/ethyl acetate (v/v)=2/1) to give 86 mg (0.15 mmol equivalents) of 5-(t-butyldiphenylsiloxymethyl)-2,2-dimethyl-5-[(4-methoxymethoxymethyl-2-nitro-1H-imidazol-1-yl)methyl]-1,3-dioxane.

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