1-Phenyl-1,2-ethanediol → 2-(Tert-butyldimethylsilyl)oxy-1-phenylethanol

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Into a 250-mL 3-necked round-bottom flask was placed a solution of 1-phenylethane-1,2-diol (10 g, 72.38 mmol, 1.00 equiv), TBSCl (22 g, 145.97 mmol, 2.00 equiv) and triethylamine (14.7 g, 145.27 mmol, 2.00 equiv) in tetrahydrofuran (100 mL). The solution was stirred overnight at room temperature. The next day it was diluted with 150 mL of H2O and the mixture was extracted with 3×80 mL of ethyl acetate. The organic layers were combined, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentrated under vacuum. The residue was applied onto a silica gel column with ethyl acetate/petroleum ether (1/10). Purification afforded 17 g (93%) of 2-[(tert-butyldimethylsilyl)oxy]-1-phenylethan-1-ol as a white oil.

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