Triethylamine → Cyclopentylmethyl methanesulfonate

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

Cyclopentanemethanol (50.0 g; 0.484 mol) and methane-sulfonyl chloride (67.0 g; 0.581 mol) in toluene (500 ml) were stirred and cooled to 4° C. Triethylamine (68.0 g; 0.678 mol) was added dropwise with external cooling so that the reaction temperature remained below 20° C. The reaction mixture is stirred under dry nitrogen at room temperature overnight. The reaction mixture was quenched with water (500 ml) and ether (500 ml), the organic phase separated, washed with water (500 ml) and saturated brine (500 ml) and dried (MgSO4). The solution is filtered and the solvent evaporated, to afford cyclopentylmethyl methanesulfonate (86.0 g; 100% yield) as a colorless liquid. NMR - d(CDCl3 ; 60 MHz) 0.8-2.6 (9H, m), 3.1 (3H, s) and 4.15 (2H, d, J=8 Hz).

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