Water → HCID 57898840, compound

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N-Chlorosuccinimide (1.0 g, 7.3 mmol) was added to a solution of methyl 2-methoxycarbonylmethyl-4-aminobenzoate (1.5 g, 6.6 mmol) in acetonitrile (10 mL). The mixture was stirred while heating under reflux for 1 hour. After the reaction solution was cooled to room temperature, water was added thereto and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and concentrated under reduced pressure. Then, the resulting solid was washed with ethyl acetate to give a 0.9:1 mixture of the title compound and methyl 2-methoxycarbonylmethyl-4-amino-3-chlorobenzoate (1.5 g, 88%).

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