Diazomethane → Methyl 2-((tert-butoxycarbonyl)amino)-5-(trifluoromethyl)benzoate

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4-t-butoxycarbonylaminobenzotrifluoride (3.90 g) was dissolved in THF. At −50° C., t-butyl lithium (30 ml) was added dropwise thereto. The mixture was stirred for 3 hours with keeping at −50° C. Carbon dioxide gas was bubbled into this mixture under stirring (the temperature increased to about −30° C.). The solvent was distilled out. The back-extractraction of the residue with 2N NaOH-ether mixture solution was carried out. The aqueous layer was acidified by adding 2N HCl, extracted with ether, washed and dried over. In addition, the layer containing ether was washed, dried over, filtered and concentrated after combining the said layer containing ether to give the crude compound. Such crude compound was dissolved in ether. A solution of diazomethane in ether was added thereto until the reaction solution became yellow. The reaction solution was concentrated and purified on silica gel column chromatography (hexane:AcOEt=20:1→10:1) to give the title compound (3.80 g) having the following physical data.

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