Diethyl Ether → 1-(t-Butyldimethylsilyl)oxymethyl-4-methoxymethoxy-5-methyl-3-naphthalenecarbaldehyde

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52 ml of a hexane solution of 1.6M n-butyl lithium was dropped in an absolute ether (110 ml) solution of 19 g of 1-(t-butyldimethylsilyl)oxymethyl-4-methoxymethoxy-5-methylnaphthalene and agitated for 1 hour. After ice cooling, 8.5 ml of N,N-dimethylformamide was dropped in the reaction solution and the ice bath was removed, followed by agitation for 1 hour until room temperature was reached. Iced water was added to the reaction solution, followed by extraction with ethyl acetate. The resultant organic phase was washed with a saturated saline solution and dried with anhydrous magnesium sulfate. After removal of the solvent by distillation, the residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (2% ethyl acetate/hexane) to obtain 14.1 g of the captioned compound as a brown oily substance.

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