Triethylamine → 3-(2-Methoxybenzyloxy)benzyl methanesulfonate

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530 mg of 3-(2-methoxybenzyloxy)benzyl alcohol obtained by reducing 3-(2-methoxybenzyloxy)benzaldehyde with sodium borohydride in ethanol was dissolved in 8 ml of methylene chloride. The solution was stirred at -5° to 0° C., 0.20 ml of methanesulfonyl chloride and 0.65 ml of triethylamine were added. The mixture was stirred at this temperature for 5 minutes. The reaction mixture was diluted with methylene chloride, washed with a saturated aqueous solution of sodium hydrogen carbonate, and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The solvent was evaporated to give 660 mg (yield 95.3%) of the captioned compound as a colorless oil.

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