Triethylamine → Methyl 3-(bromomethyl)benzoate

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3-Bromomethylbenzoyl chloride (1.96 g, 10.37 mmol) was dissolved in methanol (20 ml), and triethylamine (1.5 ml) was added thereto. The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 1 hour. The mixture was poured into a saturated sodium hydrogencarbonate solution and was extracted with dichloromethane. The organic layer was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and concentrated to give the captioned compound (1.90 g, 10.29 mmol, yield: 97%) as a colorless oil.

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