Sodium hydride → Butanoic acid, 2-(4-bromo-2-nitrophenoxy)-2-methyl-, ethyl ester

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To a solution of ethyl 2-hydroxy-2-methylbutyrate (3.5 g) in tetrahydrofuran (80 ml) was added under ice-cooling sodium hydride (1.2 g), and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 10 minutes. To the mixture was added a drop of 15-crown-5, and further thereto was added dropwise 5-bromo-2-fluoronitrobenzene (2.8 ml), and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 14 hours. To the reaction solution was added a saturated aqueous ammonium chloride solution, and the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with a saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution, dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure. The obtained residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (hexane/ethyl acetate=15/1) to give the title compound (5.5 g).

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