Acetic Anhydride → 4-(Acetyloxy)-3-nitrobenzoic acid

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To 4-hydroxy-3-nitrobenzoic acid (10 g) were added pyridine (12 ml) and acetic anhydride (55 ml), and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 65 hours. The reaction solution was concentrated under reduced pressure, and thereto was added a 5% aqueous sodium hydrogen sulfate 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 to give the title compound (11.7 g).

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