1,2-Dibromoethane → 2-Bromoethyl di-tert-butyl phosphate

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Tetra-n-butylammonium di-tert-butyl phosphate (4.0 g, 8.87 mmol) and 1,2-dibromoethane (5.0 g, 26.7 mmol) in dimethoxyethane (20 ml) were stirred and refluxed for 4 hr. then cooled to room temperature and filtered. The filtrate was concentrated, diluted with diethyl ether, washed with 20% aqueous potassium carbonate solution, dried over magnesium sulphate and evaporated to leave a colourless oil. The crude product was purified by silica gel chromatography eluting with a 20-50% mixture of ethyl acetate in iso-hexane to give 2-bromoethyl di-tert-butyl phosphate (1.3 g, 46% yield) as a colourless oil:

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