Water → 1-Methylsulfonyloxy-5-phenylpentane

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5-Phenyl-pentanol (40 g, 244 mmoles) in methylene chloride (80 ml) at 0° C. was added with triethylamine (39 ml, 28.34 g, 280 mmoles) and a solution of methyl-sulfonyl chloride (20.7 ml, 30.69 g, 268 mmoles) in methylene chloride (40 ml). The temperature was left to rise to the room value, then the mixture was poured into water and the organic phase was isolated, washed with water, anhydrified and concentrated to give 59.49 g of the title product (yield: 99%).

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