Methyl iodide → HCID 19885891, compound

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Reaction Steps

To a stirred suspension of sodium hydride (0.063 g., 1.05 mmol) in 10 ml tetrahydrofuran at 0° under argon, was added dropwise via syringe 4-(1-hydroxy-4-phenylbutyl)-2-trimethylsilylfuran (0.274 g., 0.951 mmol). This was followed by the addition of iodomethane (0.352 g., 2.48 mmol) and warming of the reaction mixture to room temperature. Several more equivalents of sodium hydride and iodomethane were subsequently added in increments over 2.5 hours until TLC indicated that no starting material remained. The reaction mixture was carefully filtered through celite and partitioned between ethyl ether and 5% hydrochloric acid. The organic portion was washed with 5% sodium bicarbonate, water, saturated sodium chloride, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered and concentrated to give an oil. Purification by flash chromatography (silica, hexane to 5% ethyl ether/hexane) yielded the desired methyl ether.

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