Triphenylphosphine → 2-Chlorobenzenesulfonic acid 3-[(3-cyanophenyl)methoxy]phenyl ester

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Diethyl azodicarboxylate (174 mg, 1.0 mmol) was added to a solution of 2-chlorobenzenesulfonic acid 3-hydroxyphenyl ester (285 mg, 1.0 mmol), as prepared in the preceding step, 3-cyanobenzyl alcohol (133 mg, 1.0 mmol)(Yoon et al., J. Org. Chem. 38:2786-2792 (1973)), and triphenylphosphine (263 mg, 1.0 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (10 mL) at 0° C. The mixture was stirred at 0° C. for 2 hours and at room temperature for 3 hours. The reaction mixture was quenched with water (30 mL) and extracted with ethyl acetate (3×30 mL). The organic phase was washed with saturated NaHCO3 (2×30 mL), brine (2×30 mL) and dried over Na2SO4. The solvent was removed in vacuo the residue was purified by flash column chromatography (2:1 ethyl acetate:hexane) to give the title compound as a pale yellow oil (375 mg, 93%).

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