Triethylamine → Methyl 4-(chloromethyl)cinnamate

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To a mixture of methyl 4-(hydroxymethyl)cinnamate (4.1 g), triethylamine (3.1 ml) and methylene chloride (50 ml) was added dropwise under ice cooling methanesulfonyl chloride (1.7 ml), and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 1.5 hours. Evaporation of the reaction solution gave a residue, which was then chromatographed on silica gel column (eluent: methylene chloride) to give methyl 4-(chloromethyl)cinnamate (2.57 g).

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