Imidazole → 5-O-[tert-butyl(diphenyl)silyl]-D-arabinofuranose

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D-Arabinose (200 g) and imidazole (199 g) were placed in a three-neck round bottom flask and connected to high vacuum for 30 minutes. The vacuum was released under nitrogen atmosphere and dimethylformamide (1.8 L) was added to the above mixture at room temperature followed by drop-wise addition of t-butyldiphenylchlorosilane (443 mL) for 10 minutes under a nitrogen atmosphere. The resulting mixture was stirred for 16 hours at the same temperature. Dimethylformamide was evaporated under reduced pressure. The residue was taken up in ethyl acetate and washed with water. The organic layer was dried over anhydrous sodium sulphate. The solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure to obtain a crude residue which was purified by column chromatography over silica gel using 80% ethyl acetate in hexane as eluant to afford the title compound (273 g).

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