Imidazole → 4-Bromobenzyloxy-tert-butyldimethylsilane

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To a dimethylformamide (30 mL) solution of (4-bromophenyl)methanol (3.00 g), imidazole (2.18 g) and tert-butyldimethylsilyl chloride (2.89 g) were added in this order. The reaction solution was stirred at room temperature for one hour. To the reaction solution, water (10 mL) was added and the aqueous layer was extracted twice with ethyl acetate (50 mL). The combined organic layer was washed in turn with 1N hydrochloric acid (10 mL) and saturated sodium chloride solution (10 mL) and then dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. After removing the anhydrous magnesium sulfate by filtration, the filtrate was concentrated. The residue was purified by silica gel chromatography (n-hexane:ethyl acetate=1:0→9:1) to obtain the title compound (3.77 g) having the following physical properties.

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