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HRID 2200136Generated: October 29, 2026

Ethyl Acetate → Methyl 3-nitro-5-(trifluoromethyl)benzoate

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantEthyl AcetateHCID 8857—
ReactantThionyl ChlorideHCID 24386—
Reactant3-Nitro-5-(trifluoromethyl)benzoic acidHCID 616602—
SolventMethanolHCID 887—
ProductMethyl 3-nitro-5-(trifluoromethyl)benzoateHCID 18942157100%

Reaction Steps

Add thionyl chloride (2 mL) dropwise to the solution of 3-nitro-5-(trifluoromethyl)benzoic acid (1.5 g, 6.4 mmol) in methanol (20 mL), reflux for 5 hrs. TLC (PE:EtOAc=1:1) shows the reaction is complete. Concentrate under reduced pressure to give the crude product (1.8 g, 100%) which is used in next step without further purification.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS09359338B2
Source datasetuspto-grants-2016_06
ORD IDord-257422235d964f9abf47e5d1eb569a7b
Source noteuspto-grants-2016_06