Triethylamine → Tert-butyl 3-(methanesulfonyloxy)azetidine-1-carboxylate

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A mixture of tert-butyl 3-hydroxyazetidine-1-carboxylate (4.98 g, 28.7 mmol) and triethylamine (4.82 mL, 62.3 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (75 mL) was cooled to 0° C. using an ice bath. Methanesulfonyl chloride (2.46 mL, 31.8 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (12.5 mL) was added slowly to the reaction. Once the addition was complete, the ice bath was removed and the reaction was stirred at room temperature for 4 hours. Water (100 mL) was added to the reaction, and the mixture extracted with ethyl acetate (2×150 mL). The combined organic phase was washed with brine (2×100 mL), dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated in vacuo to afford the title compound as a pale yellow oil (7.11 g, 98%).

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