8-Methyl-8-azabicyclo(3.2.1)octan-3-ol → 8-Azabicyclo(3.2.1)octan-3-ol, 8-methyl-, 3-methanesulfonate

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Tropine (50 g) and triethylamine (60 mL, 43.56 g) in dichloromethane (1 L) were cooled to −10° C. Methane sulphonyl chloride (36 mL, 53.28 g) in dichloromethane (0.2 L) was added over 1 h at −5+/−2° C. After 0.5 h a solution of potassium carbonate (150 g) in water (0.4 L) was added and the mixture warmed to 20° C. The phases were separated and the aqueous phase extracted with further dichloromethane (1×0.2 L). The combined dichloromethane solution was concentrated by distillation collecting 1 L. n-Heptane (0.875 L) was added and the mixture stirred for 0.5 h. The solution was decanted off and then concentrated by distillation at 610 to 650 mbar until a solution temperature of 63° C. was reached. The solution was cooled to 0° C. with crystallization occurring during the cooling. The mixture was stirred for 1 h, the product isolated by filtration, washed and dried at <30° C. to give the title compound (60.62 g, 78.1%).

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