Acetyl chloride → 3-(4-Nitro-phenoxy)-propionic acid methyl ester

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Neat AcCl (0.27 mL; 3.8 mmol) was added to a suspension of 3-(4-nitro-phenoxy)-propionic acid (1.591 g; 7.53 mmol) in dry MeOH (8.0 mL). A soln formed followed by a ppt. After sitting at 4° C. overnight, product was collected by filtration as a white microcrystalline solid (1.316 g; 78%). The mother liquor contained pure product by HPLC. LC-MS 226 ([M+H]+).

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