Potassium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide → Ethyl 2-(2,6-bis{[(methyloxy)methyl]oxy}phenyl)-2-propenoate

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To a suspension of methyltriphenylphosphonium bromide (3.13 g, 8.75 mmol) in dry tetrahydrofuran (30 ml) at 0° C. KHMDS (1.745 g, 8.75 mmol) was slowly added and the reaction mixture was stirred for 15 minutes at 0° C. and for 45 minutes at room temperature. The reaction mixture was cooled to 0° C. and a solution of ethyl (2,6-bis{[(methyloxy)methyl]oxy}phenyl)(oxo)acetate (Intermediate 80, 1.74 g) in dry tetrahydrofuran (10 mL) was slowly added and the reaction mixture was stirred for 2 hours at 0° C. The reaction was quenched with an aqueous saturated solution of ammonium chloride (10 ml), diluted with water (20 ml) and extracted with ethyl acetate (2×50 ml). The organic layer was dried over sodium sulphate, filtered and evaporated. The residue was purified by flash chromatography (Biotage system) on silica gel using a 100 g SNAP column and cyclohexane to cyclohexane/ethyl acetate 8:2 as eluents affording the title compound as a colourless oil (1.37 g).

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