Triethylamine → Methanesulfonic acid 1-(4-bromophenyl)-cyclopentylmethyl ester

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To a stirred of [1-(4-bromophenyl)-cyclopentyl]-methanol (226) (47.0 g, 184.19 mmol) in dichloromethane (300 mL) was added Et3N (51.3 mL, 368.39 mmol) followed by dropwise addition of mesyl chloride (17.1 mL, 221.03 mmol) at 0° C., and the reaction mixture stirred at room temperature for 1 h. The reaction was quenched by the addition of water, extracted with dichloromethane, washed with water, dried over Na2SO4 and concentrated. The crude product was purified by 100-200 silica column chromatography using 5% ethyl acetate in hexane as the eluent to give methanesulfonic acid 1-(4-bromophenyl)-cyclopentylmethyl ester (227) (52.8 g, 86%) as a white solid.

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