Reaction #7195

Reaction equation

4-(4-methoxyphenyl)-1H-imidazole

NaH

SEMCl

→

title compound

Yield 64.0%

4-(4-Methoxyphenyl)-1-(2-trimethylsilanyl-ethoxymethyl)-1H-imidazole

Yield 64.0%

Conditions

Procedure

Reaction of 4-(4-methoxyphenyl)-1H-imidazole (610 mg, 3.51 mmol), NaH (60%, 136 mg, 3.40 mmol), and SEMCl (656 uL, 3.71 mmol) followed by column chromatography on silica gel (hexane/EtOAC 1:1) gave the title compound (654 mg, 64%) as a yellow solid. 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) major isomer: δ 0.00 (s, 9H), 0.93 (t, 2H, J=7.5 Hz), 3.52 (t, 2H, J=7.5 Hz), 3.83 (s, 3H), 5.28 (s, 2H), 6.94 (d, 2H, J=9.0 Hz), 7.24 (s, 1H), 7.60 (s, 1H), 7.72 (d, 2H, J=9.0 Hz); minor isomer: δ 0.00 (s, 9H), 0.92 (t, 2H, J=7.5 Hz), 3.54 (t, 2H, J=7.5 Hz), 3.85 (s, 3H), 5.23 (s, 2H), 6.98 (d, 2H, J=9.0 Hz), 7.09 (s, 1H), 7.47 (d, 2H, J=9.0 Hz), 7.65 (s, 1H). ES-MS m/z 305 (M+H).

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