Nitric Acid → 2-(2-Benzyloxy-5-nitrophenyl)-2-methylpropionic acid methyl ester

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To a mixture of sulfuric acid (0.27 ml) and nitric acid (0.34 ml), a solution of the compound (1.0 g) obtained in Example 561 in acetic acid (30 ml) was added dropwise at 5° C. The reaction mixture was stirred at 45° C. for 4 h, poured into ice cold water and ethyl acetate was added to the mixture. The organic layer was washed with a saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution and a saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution, dried with anhydrous sodium sulfate and the solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure. The resulting residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (eluent, n-hexane:ethyl acetate=9:1) to give 530 mg of the titled compound (yield, 46%).

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