Water → 2-(3,4-Dimethoxyphenyl)ethyl 2,2,2-trichloroethanimidate

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A 500 mL 2-necked round bottom flask equipped with an argon inlet, rubber septum and magnetic stir bar was charged with NaH (80% dispersion, 5.2 g, 173.3 mmol). NaH was washed with anhydrous hexanes (15 mL) prior to the addition of 50 mL of anhydrous CH2Cl2 and of 3,4-dimethoxyphenethyl alcohol (20.0 g, 109.8 mmol) in anhydrous CH2Cl2 (30 mL). The solution was allowed to stir at r.t. for 75 min. The solution was then cooled to 0° C. prior to the dropwise addition of trichloroacetonitrile (16.5 mL, 23.8 g, 164.7 mmol) at 0° C. The solution was stirred for 15 min at 0° C. and 2 hr at room temperature. Distilled water (150 mL) was slowly added dropwise to quench the reaction. The aqueous layer was then extracted with CH2Cl2 (4×100 mL). The combined organic extracts were washed with brine (100 mL), dried over anhydrous MgSO4 and concentrated by rotary evaporation to afford a brown syrup (26.8 g, 95%). The product was allowed to solidify overnight at −20° C. Rf 0.74 (EtOAc-hexanes, 1:2, v/v).

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