Water → 2,3-Dihydro-1h-inden-2-yl methanesulfonate

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2-Indanol (5.14 g, 38.3 mmoles) in methylene chloride (20 ml) at 0° C. was added with triethylamine (6.13 ml 4.46 g, 44.1 mmoles) and a solution of mesyl chloride (3.26 ml, 4.83 g, 42.1 mmoles) in methylene chloride (4 ml). The temperature was raised to room value, then the mixture was poured into water and the organic phase separated, washed with water, anhydrified and dried to give 8.12 g of the title product (yield: 99%)

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