Methanol → Methyl 3-amino-3-(3-nitrophenyl)propanoate

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Thionyl chloride (1.11 ml) and 3-amino-3-(3-nitrophenyl)propionic acid (0.7 g) were added in turn to stirred methanol (5 ml) which had been cooled -20° C. The mixture was stirred at -20° C. for 10 minutes and at laboratory temperature for 16 hours. The mixture was evaporated to give methyl 3-amino-3-(3-nitrophenyl)propionate (0.83 g), as a solid.

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