Ethyl Acetate → Methyl 2-(2-nitrophenyl)acetate

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Add sulfonyl chloride (3 mL) dropwise to a solution of 2-nitrophenylacetic acid (7.0 g, 38.6 mmol) in methanol (20 mL) at 0° C., reflux the resulting mixture overnight. TLC (PE:EtOAc=3:1) shows the reaction is complete. Concentrate the reaction mixture under reduced pressure, add water, extract with ethyl acetate twice, and wash the combined organic layers with brine, dry over anhydrous sodium sulfate. Concentrate under reduced pressure to yield the crude product (7.5 g, 94.7%) which is used directly without further purification. MS: (M+1): 196.1.

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