4-Toluenesulfonyl chloride → 4-Methyl-benzenesulfinic acid 3-methoxy-propyl ester

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Toluene-4-sulfonyl chloride (25.4 g, 133.2 mmol) is slowly added to a solution of 3-methoxy-1-propanol (8.49 mL, 88.8 mmol) and triethylamine (14.8 mL, 106.5 mmol) in CH2Cl2 (80 mL) at 0° C. The reaction mixture is then allowed to warm to RT and stirred for another 16 h. The solvent is evaporated, water is added and the mixture is extracted with CH2Cl2. Drying (Na2SO4) of the combined organic extracts, filtering and evaporation of the solvent affords the crude product which is purified by flash chromatography on silica gel (eluent: c-hexane/AcOEt 5:1) to give the desired product. MS (LC-MS): 262.1 [M+18]+; tR (HPLC, Macherey-Nagel Nucleosil C18 column, 10-100% CH3CN/H2O/5 min, 100% CH3CN/3 min, CH3CN and H2O containing 0.1% TFA, flow: 1.5 mL/min): 5.12 min.

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