Imidazole → HCID 10991787, compound

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Imidazole (1.22 g, 17.6 mmol) and tert-butyl(diphenyl)silyl chloride (3.95 mL, 15.4 mmol) were added to a solution of (5S)-5-(hydroxymethyl)furan-2(5H)-one (1.60 g, 14.0 mmol) in N,N-dimethylformamide (50 mL), and the reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 18 hours. It was then partitioned between tert-butyl methyl ether and water; the organic layer was washed twice with water, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated in vacuo. Silica gel chromatography (Gradient: 5% to 30% ethyl acetate in heptane) afforded the product as a white solid. Yield: 5.20 g, quantitative. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.63-7.66 (m, 4H), 7.38-7.49 (m, 7H), 6.19 (dd, J=5.7, 2.0 Hz, 1H), 5.06-5.10 (m, 1H), 3.93 (dd, half of ABX pattern, J=10.9, 4.5 Hz, 1H), 3.88 (dd, half of ABX pattern, J=10.8, 5.0 Hz, 1H), 1.05 (s, 9H).

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