Triethylamine → 3-Methoxypropyl methanesulfonate

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To a stirred solution of 3-methoxy-propan-1-ol (300 g, 3.3 mol) in anhydrous CH2Cl2 (3 L) was added triethylamine (790 mL, 5.7 mol). The mixture was cooled to 0° C. and methanesulfonyl chloride (376 mL, 4.8 mol) in anhydrous CH2Cl2 (1 L) added dropwise. After stirring for 2 h at rt, the mixture was washed with water and brine, dried and evaporated to give the crude product as an oil (540 g, yield 96%) that was used in the next step without purification. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 3.40-3.37 (t, J=6.0 Hz, 2H), 2.55-2.52 (t, J=6.0 Hz, 2H), 2.40 (s, 3H), 2.06 (s, 3H), 1.08-1.02 (m, 2H).

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