Ethyl Acetate → 3-Methyl-3-(thiocyanatomethyl)oxetane

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KSCN (0.75 g, 7.81 mmol) was added to a solution of (3-methyloxetan-3-yl)methyl 4-methylbenzenesulfonate (1 g, 3.90 mmol) in ethanol (25 mL) and the resulting reaction mass was heated at 85° C. overnight. The reaction was monitored by TLC (30% ethyl acetate in hexane). The reaction mass was concentrated under reduced pressure to afford 1.7 g of the crude product which was used for the next step without further purification.

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