Methods for producing compounds useful in reactions to produce oxathiazin-like compounds are disclosed including a process of adding sodium 2-bromoethanesulfonate to a solution of benzyl alcohol and sodium benzyloxide to for mixture, boiling the mixture to reflux four times, concentrating under vacuum until dry, boiling with ethyl alcohol, filtering the ethyl alcohol, and concentrating to dryness to obtain solid sodium 2-benzyletherethanesulfonate.