Citric Acid → HCID 58508546, compound

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Water (9.0 mL), sodium carbonate (2.6 g), 2-methoxyphenylboronic acid (1.8 g), and bis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(II) dichloride (0.14 g) were added to an ethylene glycol dimethyl ether (30 mL) solution of tert-butyl 4-bromo-2-nitrobenzoate (3.0 g), followed by heating to reflux under a nitrogen atmosphere for 2 hours and 30 minutes. The reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature, and then a 10% aqueous solution of citric acid and ethyl acetate were added thereto. The organic layer was separated, washed with a saturated aqueous solution of sodium chloride, and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and the solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure. The obtained residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography [eluent: 99-91% hexane/ethyl acetate] to obtain 3.3 g of tert-butyl 4-(2-methoxyphenyl)-2-nitrobenzoate as a light yellow oily substance.

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