Triethylamine → 2-(4-Methylbenzene-1-sulfonyl)ethyl 3-(chlorosulfonyl)benzoate

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A mixture of 3-(chlorosulfonyl) benzoic acid (Intermediate 73, 5.51 g, 0.025 mol) and thionyl chloride (17.85 g, 11 mL, 0.15 mol) was refluxed for 1 hr. Excess thionyl chloride was distilled off at atmospheric pressure and finally at reduced pressure to give crude acid chloride. To a mixture of the crude acid chloride and 2-(p-tolylsulfonyl)ethanol (4.8 g, 0.024 mol) in dichloromethane (50 mL) was added triethylamine (2.52 g, 0.025 mol) at room temperature. TLC showed the reaction mixture was complete after 1 hr. The reaction mixture was washed with water (2×25 mL), filtered through 1PS filter paper and concentrated under reduced pressure to give 10 g of a viscous oil. The oil was purified by flash chromatography (silica gel, 25 to 50% ethyl acetate in hexane) to give 6.1 g (63%) of the title compound as a white solid.

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