4-Nitrophenol → Carbonic acid 4-Nitrophenyl (4-Nitrophenyl)methyl Ester

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Reaction Steps

To an ice cooled solution, under argon, of 7.3 g of p-nitrophenol and 7.5 ml of triethylamine in 36 ml of dry tetrahydrofuran, is added, dropwise, a solution of 10.78 g of p-nitrobenzyl chloroformate in 18 ml of dry tetrahydrofuran. The reaction mixture, a suspension, is stirred at room temperature overnight. The formed solid is collected, washed with water and dried to give 5.9 g of the desired product.

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