Triethylamine → 3-(Methoxycarbonyl)cyclopentyl methanesulfonate

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A solution of 3-hydroxy-cyclopentanecarboxylic acid methyl ester (1.6 g, 1.0 eq, cis/trans-mixture from step 1) in dichloromethane (25 mL) was cooled to −20° C. and treated with triethylamine (1.4 g, 1.3 eq) and methansulfonyl chloride (1.5 g, 1.2 eq). The mixture was stirred at −20° C. for 20 min and then partitioned between water and dichloromethane. The organic phase was washed with brine, dried over sodium sulfate and evaporated. The title compound was obtained as a yellow liquid (2.4 g, 97%) and was used crude in the next step.

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