1-Butanol → Butyl methanesulfonate

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To a 500 cm3 round-bottomed flask, equipped with a magnetic stirrer and pressure equalising dropping funnel, was added butanol (55,6 g, 0.75 mol), triethylamine (55.7 g, 0.55 mol) and dichloromethane (300 cm3). Methanesulfonyl chloride (57.3 g, 0.05 mol) was then added dropwise over a two-hour period from the dropping funnel, with cooling from an ice bath. The mixture was stirred for a further 24 hours at room temperature. The reaction mixture was filtered, concentrated on a rotary evaporator, and distilled (bp −80−90° C. at 5 mm Hg). This gave 68.1 g (98%) of a colourless oil.

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