Potassium thiocyanate → 3-(2-Thiocyanatoethyl)oxetane

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Using the same reaction conditions, procedure and work up as described for the preparation of Intermediate (I-16b), 2-(oxetan-3-yl)ethyl 4-methyl-benzenesulfonate (1 g, 3.90 mmol) was reacted with KSCN (0.75 g, 7.81 mmol) in ethanol (20 mL) to afford 1.7 g of the crude product which was used for the next step without further purification.

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