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 diisopropylethylamine (48.05 g) in dichloromethane (0.5 L) were cooled to −10° C. Methane sulphonyl chloride (44.7 g) in dichloromethane (0.125 L) was added over 0.75 h at <−5° C. After 0.5 h a solution of potassium carbonate (75 g) in water (0.2 L) was added and the mixture warmed to 20° C. The phases were separated and the dichloromethane solution concentrated by distillation under reduced pressure at <20° C. to leave a residue whereby the dichloromethane content was 51% w/w. Heptane (0.05 L) was added and the solution cooled to 0° C. to crystallize the title compound. Further heptane (0.45 L) was added and the mixture kept under vacuum (350 mbar) at 20-25° C. until the dichloromethane content was 8% w/w. The mixture was cooled to 0° C. and stirred for 1 h. The product was isolated by filtration, washed and dried at <30° C. to give the title compound (68.5 g, 88.1%).

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