Water → 1-(Diphenylmethyl)azetidin-3-yl methanesulfonate

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Triethylamine (870 ml, 62.67 mmol) and mesyl chloride (390 μL, 50.13 mmol) were successively added to a solution of 1-benzhydrylazetan-3-ol (1.0 g, 41.78 mmol) in dichloromethane (10 mL) at room temperature. The reaction mixture was stirred for 1 hour and then diluted by addition of water (20 mL). The aqueous phase was separated and extracted with dichloromethane (2×40 mL). The combined organic phases were washed with a saturated solution of sodium chloride (40 mL), dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated to dryness. The title compound was obtained as a yellow solid (1.5 g, 100%).

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