Acetyl chloride → Methyl 4-fluoro-3-nitrobenzoate

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A 1 L 3-necked round bottomed flask equipped with a nitrogen inlet, stirbar, addition funnel and thermocouple was charged with 4-fluoro-3-nitrobenzoic acid (50 g, 0.27 mol) and methanol (300 mL). The system was cooled to 0 C and acetyl chloride (27 mL, 0.37 mol) was added dropwise. The system was warmed to room temperature, the addition funnel was replaced with a reflux condenser, and was heated to reflux for 1.5 h. The reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature, quenched with saturated aqueous NaHCO3, and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic extract was washed with brine, dried with Na2SO4 and concentrated in vacuo to give methyl 4-fluoro-3 nitrobenzoate as an orange solid (40.6 g, 75%). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CD3OD) δ 8.67 ((dd, J=2.2 and 6.8 Hz, 1H), 8.34 (dddd, J=2.2, 4.4, 6.4 and 8.8 Hz, 1H), 7.55 (dd, J=8.8 and 10.8 Hz, 1H), 3.94 (s, 3H) ppm. ES-HRMS m/z 200.02446 (M+H calcd for C8H7FNO4 requires 200.0354).

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