Ethyl Acetate → HCID 86591773, compound

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Reaction Steps

To a mixture of 2.3 g of cis-oxirane-2,3-dimethanol and 200 ml of ethyl acetate was added 9.3 ml of triethylamine and then 4.3 ml of methanesulfonyl chloride under ice-cooling, followed by stirring at the same temperature for 4 hours. The reaction mixture was filtered through silica gel and washed with ethyl acetate. Thereafter, the filtrate was evaporated, to give 5.4 g of the title compound.

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