N-Methyltaurine → Sodium

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To a stirred solution of 2-methylaminoethane-1-sulfonic acid, sodium salt (16.1 g, 100 mmol), in aq. sodium hydroxide (1M, 100 mL, 100 mmol) at 0° C., benzyl chloroformate (16 mL, 112 mmol) was added over a period of 15 minutes. The resulting mixture was stirred at room temperature for 2 hours and extracted with hexane. The aqueous solution was freeze dried to provide 2-[[(benzyloxy)carbonyl](methyl)amino]-ethane-1-sulfonic acid, sodium salt.

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