Ammonium Hydroxide → 2-(Phenylmethoxy)ethanesulfonamide

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To a 28% ammonium hydroxide (10 ml) was added dropwise 2-(benzyloxy)ethanesulfonyl chloride (4.1 g) in dichloromethane (10 ml) over 10 minutes under ice-cooling. The mixture was stirred at ambient temperature overnight. The organic layer was separated and the aqueous layer was extracted with dichloromethane/methanol (5/1). The combined organic layer was dried over sodium sulfate and evaporated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by column chromatography on silica gel (hexane/ethyl acetate=50/50) to give 2-(benzyloxy)ethanesulfonamide (1.6 g).

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