3-Methoxy-4-nitrobenzoic acid → N-(3-Methoxy-4-nitrobenzoyl)serine methyl ester

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Dichloromethane (80 mL) was added to serine methyl ester hydrochloride (2.64 g, 17 mmol), 3-methoxy-4-nitrobenzoic acid (3 g, 15.2 mmol), WSC hydrochloride (3.83 g, 20 mmol), DMAP (0.18 g, 1.5 mmol) and N,N-diisopropylethylamine (2.58 g, 20 mmol), and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for one day. The reaction solution was washed with water and brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (elution solvent: ethyl acetate/hexane=1/2, 1/1, 2/1, 1/0) to obtain 3.11 g of the title compound as a colorless solid (69%).

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