Acetic Acid → HCID 22980952, compound

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Using 2-methoxyphenylacetic acid (5.00 g) as a starting material, the same procedure of Example 188 gave 2-methoxy-5-nitrophenylacetic acid. To a solution of the resulting nitro compound in methylene chloride (140 ml), a solution of diphenyldiazomethane in methylene chloride was added at room temperature until the reaction mixture turned purple and then acetic acid was added until the purple color of the reaction mixture disappeared. The reaction mixture was washed successively with a saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution and a saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution, dried with anhydrous sodium sulfate and distilled under reduced pressure. The resulting residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (eluent, n-hexane:ethyl acetate=3:1) to give 2.34 g of the titled compound (yield, 21%).

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