Water → Silane, (4-methoxyphenyl)trimethyl-

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4-Bromoanisole (9.35 g, 50.0 mmol, 1.0 eq) was dissolved in anhydrous THF (200 mL). Me3SiCl (12.7 mL, 100.0 mmol, 2.0 eq) was added at 0° C. followed by n-BuLi (2.5 M in hexanes, 40 mL, 100.0 mmol, 2.0 eq). The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 1 h. Water (150 mL) was then added, the organic layer was separated and the aqueous layer was extracted with Et2O (150 mL×2). The combined organic extracts were dried over anhydrous Na2SO4, filtered and concentrated in vacuo to give (4-methoxyphenyl)trimethylsilane as a light yellow oil (8.1 g, 90% yield). 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ: 7.48 (d, J=11.2 Hz, 2H), 6.95 (d, J=11.2 Hz, 2H), 3.84 (s, 3H), 0.27 (s, 9H).

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