Sodium Azide → 1-(2-Azidoethoxy)-2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethane

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Sodium azide (5.37 g, 83 mmol) and 2-(2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethoxy)ethyl methanesulfonate (20 g, 83 mmol) were added without solvent, the temperature was raised to 60° C. and the mixture stirred for 48 hours. The salts were filtered and ethyl acetate added to precipitate the dissolved salts and filtered again, producing 1-azido-2-(2-(2-methoxyethoxy)ethoxy)ethane.

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