Potassium Carbonate → Methyl [(5-nitro-1,2-benzisoxazol-3-yl)oxy]acetate

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A mixture of 5-nitro-1,2-benzisoxazol-3-ol (3.90 g, 0.0220 mol) and potassium carbonate (4.17 g, 0.0300 mol) in N,N-dimethylformamide is stirred for 30 minutes, treated with methyl bromoacetate (3.96 g, 0.0260 mol), stirred overnight at room temperature, and poured into an acidic ice-water mixture. The resultant aqueous mixture is extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic extracts are combined, washed sequentially with water and brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and concentrated in vacuo to obtain a yellow oil. Column chromatography of the oil using silica gel and a (1:1) to (4:1) methylene chloride/hexanes gradient gives the title product as a white solid (2.80 g, mp 72-73.5° C.) which is identified by NMR spectral analyses.

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