Thionyl Chloride → 3-(Morpholin-4-yl)propane-1-sulfonyl chloride hydrochloride

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Thionyl chloride (10 ml) was added to 4-morpholinepropane sulfonic acid (4.4 g) followed by dimethylformamide (0.2 ml). The mixture was heated at reflux under nitrogen for 5 h. The thionyl chloride was removed in vacuo and the residue triturated with acetonitrile and filtered to give a white solid. This was dried at 80° C. in vacuo to give the title compound as a white solid (2.7 g). Found: C,31.9; H,5.9; N,5.1. C7H14CINO3S.HCl requires C,31.8; H,5.7; N,5.3%.

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