Imidazole → Silane, [(8-bromooctyl)oxy](1,1-dimethylethyl)dimethyl-

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A solution of dimethyl-t-butylsilyl chloride (18 g.) in tetrahydrofuran (50 ml.) was added dropwise to a stirred solution of 8-bromooctanol (20 g.) and imidazole (14.2 g.) in tetrahydrofuran (100 ml.) and the mixture was stirred at laboratory temperature for 3 hours, diluted with diethyl ether (200 ml.) and filtered. The filtrate was evaporated to dryness and the residue was purified by chromatography on a silica gel column using petroleum ether (b.p. 60-80° C.) as eluent. A solution of the 8-(dimethyl-t-butylsilyloxy)octyl bromide thus obtained (6.46 g.) in dimethyl sulphoxide (2 ml.) was added to a stirred suspension of lithium acetylide-ethylenediamine complex (2.02 g.) in dimethylsulphoxide (30 ml.) which was cooled to 10° C., and the mixture was stirred for 18 hours and then poured into ice-water (150 ml.). The mixture was extracted three times with petroleum ether (b.p. 60-80° C.; 30 ml. each time) and the combined extracts were washed with water (10 ml.), dried and evaporated to dryness. The residue was purified by chromatography on a silica gel column using a 5:1 v/v mixture of cyclohexane and diethyl ether as eluent. There was thus obtained 10-(dimethyl-t-butylsilyloxy)dec-1-yne.

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