Water → 3-Hydroxybutyl 4-methylbenzenesulfonate

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Pyridine (9.0 ml, 111 mmol) was added to a solution of 1,3-butanediol (5.07 g, 56.3 mmol) in anhydrous methylene chloride (20 ml) at room temperature. After ice-cooling, p-toluenesulfonyl chloride (15.9 g, 83.4 mmol) was added thereto, the mixture was stirred at room temperature overnight, then water (60 ml) was added to the reaction mixture, and the whole was extracted with ethyl acetate (100 ml). The ethyl acetate layer was washed with 1 N hydrochloric acid (30 ml) and saturated brine (30 ml) successively and dehydrated with anhydrous magnesium sulfate. Ethyl acetate was evaporated under reduced pressure, and the obtained oily matter was purified by silica gel column chromatography (mobile phase:hexane/ethyl acetate=3/1) to give 7.72 g (57%) of the target compound.

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