Dimethyl Sulfate → Salicylic acid, 4-nitro-, methyl ester

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To a solution of 2-hydroxy-4-nitrobenzoic acid (8.0 g, 0.0424 mol) in acetone (240 mL) and dimethyl sulfate (4.48 mL, 0.047 mol) was added potassium carbonate (5.85 g, 0.044 mol), stirred for 24 hrs. and evaporated. To the residue was added ethyl acetate and 2 N HCl (pH 3). The ethyl acetate extract was washed, dried (MgSO4) and evaporated to give 2-hydroxy-4-nitro-benzoic acid methyl ester (8.27 g) as a yellow solid; 1H-NMR (DMSO-d6) δ 11.62 (s, 1H), 9.74 (s, 1H), 8.76 (d, 2H), 8.70-2 (d, 2H), 8.29 (s, 1H), 8.11 (s, 1H), 7.71-7 (m, 2H), 7.55 (m, 2H), 8.33-5 (d, 1H), 7.15-9 (t, 1H), 4.27 (s, 2H), 2.80 (s, 3H); LC/MS (ESI+): 228 (M+2Na)

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