Triethylamine → Methanesulfonic acid 1-(4-trifluoromethyl-phenyl)-cyclopentylmethyl ester

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To a stirred of 1-(4-trifluoromethyl-phenyl)-cyclopentyl]-methanol (239) (15 g, 61.47 mmol) in dichloromethane (200 mL) was added Et3N (17.1 mL, 123 mmol) followed by mesyl chloride (5.7 mL, 73.77 mmol) dropwise at 0° C. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 1 h. After completion, the reaction was quenched by the addition of water. The reaction mixture was diluted with dichloromethane. The organic part was washed with water, separated, dried over Na2SO4 and finally concentrated. The crude product was purified by 100-200 silica column chromatography using 10% ethyl acetate in hexane as the eluent to give methanesulfonic acid 1-(4-trifluoromethyl-phenyl)-cyclopentylmethyl ester (240) (14 g, 70.6%) as a white solid.

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