Acetic Acid → Methyl 5-(3-chloropropoxy)-4-methoxy-2-nitrobenzoate

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In a 50 mL volume glass flask equipped with a stirrer, a thermometer and a dropping funnel were placed 10.1 g (38.7 mmol) of methyl 3-(3-chloropropoxy)-4-methoxybenzoate (purity: 99%) obtained in Example II-20, 0.27 g (3.87 mmol) of sodium nitrite, and 12.5 mL of acetic acid. The resulting mixture was heated to 40° C. under stirring. To the reaction mixture was dropwise added slowly 16.2 g (154.8 mmol) of nitric acid (60 wt. %), and the mixture was heated at 40-50° C. for 5 hours. After the reaction was complete, 20 mL of water was added to the reaction mixture, and the aqueous mixture was cooled to 20° C., precipitating a crystalline product. The crystalline product was collected by filtration, washed successively with 30 mL of water and 30 mL of n-heptane, and dried under reduced pressure, to give 11.3 g (isolated yield: 95.0%, purity: 99% in terms of area percentage determined by high performance liquid chromatography) of methyl 4-methoxy-5-(3-chloropropoxy)-2-nitrobenzoate as a white crystalline product.

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