Oxalyl chloride → (2-Benzyloxy-phenyl)-methanesulfonyl chloride

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Reaction Steps

Tetrahydrofuran (10 ml), (2-Benzyloxy-phenyl)-methanesulfonic acid (138 mg), and N,N-dimethylformamide (2 drops) was cooled to −78° C. and oxalyl chloride (315 mg) was added slowly. The reaction mixture was stirred for 3 h from −78° C. to 0° C. The reaction mixture was clarified by filtration. The filtrate was washed with iced-water and heptane, and dried to give (2-benzyloxy-phenyl)-methanesulfonyl chloride (114 mg, 77%). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 5.06 (s, 2 H) 5.15 (s, 2 H) 7.04 (m, 2 H) 7.42 (m, 7 H).

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