Glycolic Acid → ({[(4-Nitrophenyl)methoxy]carbonyl}oxy)acetic acid

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To a mixture of glycolic acid (760 mg) and triethylamine (1.1 g) in tetrahydrofuran (20 ml) was added p-nitrobenzyl chloroformate (2.26 g) with ice-cooling and the resulting mixture was stirred for 1 hour at room temperature. The reaction mixture was diluted with ethyl acetate, washed successively with diluted hydrochloric acid and water, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and evaporated to give p-nitrobenzyloxycarbonyloxyacetic acid.

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