My hard drive crashed on my imac and was replaced. I have no iphone backup. How do I sync without erasing my iphone?

You don't.
The iPhone is not a backup device. You can use File>Transfer purchases in iTunes to extract media and apps purchased from the iTunes store. If you have music on your phone that came from other sources, you will need to retrieve the originals or purchase 3rd party software to extract it from the phone.
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