Sodium hydride → 5-tert-butyl-1-(2-trimethylsilanyl-ethoxymethyl)-1H-imidazole

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Reaction of 5-tert-butyl-1H-imidazole (423 mg, 3.41 mmol), NaH (60%, 132 mg, 3.31 mmol), and SEMCl (639 uL, 3.61 mmol) followed by column chromatography on silica gel (hexane/EtOAC 3:2) gave the title compound (500 mg, 57%) as a yellow oil. 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ major isomer: 0.00 (s, 9H), 0.89 (t, 2H, J=7.5 Hz), 1.29 (s, 9H), 3.47 (t, 2H, J=7.5 Hz), 5.19 (s, 2H), 6.73 (s, 1H), 7.50 (s, 1H).

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