Triethylamine → 4-Bromo-2-chlorobenzyl methanesulfonate

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To a solution of 4-bromo-2-chlorobenzyl alcohol (3.56 g) and anhydrous triethylamine (3 ml) in anhydrous dichloromethane (36 ml) was added dropwise methanesulfonyl chloride (1.4 ml) under a nitrogen flow under ice-cooling. The mixture was stirred for 1 hr and the reaction mixture was washed with water, saturated aqueous sodium hydrogen carbonate solution and saturated brine, and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The filtrate was concentrated to give 4-bromo-2-chloro-1-(methanesulfonyloxymethyl)benzene as a pale-brown solid (4.77 g).

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