Acetonitrile → Methyl 2,3-bis{[2-(methyloxy)ethyl]oxy}-5-nitrobenzoate

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To a mixture of methyl 3-hydroxy-2-{[2-(methyloxy)ethyl]oxy}-5-nitrobenzoate (4.4 g, 16.2 mmol), potassium carbonate (4.5 g, 33 mmol) and acetonitrile (100 mL) was added 1-bromo-2-(methyloxy)ethane (2.5 mL, 24 mmol). The resulting mixture was heated at reflux 18 hour. After cooling to room temperature, the reaction mixture was diluted with ethyl acetate (200 mL), filtered and concentrated. The residue was then diluted with ethyl acetate (100 mL) and washed with 5% sodium hydroxide solution, water and brine (100 mL each), dried over sodium sulfate, filtered, concentrated, and the residue was chromatographed (silica gel, 30-50% ethyl acetate-hexane) to provide to give methyl 2,3-bis{[2-(methyloxy)ethyl]oxy}-5-nitrobenzoate, (4.9 g, 14.8 mmol, 91% yield). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): 8.27-8.26 (d, 1H), 7.92-7.91 (d, 1H), 4.37-4.35 (m, 2H), 4.27-4.25 (m, 2H), 3.94 (s, 3H), 3.83-3.81 (m, 2H), 3.77-3.74 (m, 2H), 3.45 (s, 3H), 3.42 (s, 3H).

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