Triethylamine → (+/-)-Methanesulfonic acid 2-[(2-benzyloxy-5-fluoro-phenyl)-methanesulfonyloxy-methyl]-benzyl ester

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To an ice-cooled solution of (±)-(2-benzyloxy-5-fluoro-phenyl)-(2-hydroxymethyl-phenyl)-methanol (500 mg, 1.48 mmol, 1.00 eq.) and DMAP (9 mg, 0.07 mmol, 0.05 eq.) in DCM (30 mL), NEt3 (0.82 mL, 5.91 mmol, 4.00 eq.) and methanesulfonyl chloride (0.24 mL, 3.10 mmol, 2.10 eq.) were added dropwise. The mixture was stirred at 0° C. for 1 hour and further at r.t. for 2 hours. The reaction mixture was diluted with H2O (50 mL) and DCM (50 mL). The layers were separated. The aq. phase was extracted with DCM (2×50 mL). The comb. org. phases were washed with water (1×150 mL), sat. aq. NaCl soln. (1×50 mL), dried over MgSO4, and concentrated in vacuo to give (±)-methanesulfonic acid 2-[(2-benzyloxy-5-fluoro-phenyl)-methanesulfonyloxy-methyl]-benzyl ester.

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