Triethylamine → n,n-Bis(2-chloroethyl)methanesulfonamide

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Triethylamine (3.1 mL, 22.2 mmol) was added dropwise to a suspension of N,N-bis(2-chloroethyl)amine hydrochloride (2.0 g, 11.2 mmol) in dichloromethane and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 20 minutes. The mixture was then cooled in an ice bath and methanesulfonyl chloride (1.41 g, 1.1 mmol) was added dropwise. The cooling bath was removed and the mixture was stirred for 4 hours at room temperature. Water was added to the reaction mixture and the organic layer was washed with 2M aqueous hydrochloric acid, water, dried (MgSO4) and evaporated to give the title compound (1.80 g, 73%) as a white solid.

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