Benzyl Alcohol → 4-Benzyloxy-2-nitroaniline

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At 0° C., diethyl azodicarboxylate (3.4 mL) was added to a THF solution (13 mL) of 4-amino-3-nitrophenol (1.0 g), benzyl alcohol (1.0 g) and triphenyl phosphine (1.9 g), and stirred at room temperature for 5 hours. The reaction liquid was diluted with ethyl acetate, and the organic layer was washed with aqueous 1 N sodium hydroxide solution, aqueous saturated sodium hydrogencarbonate solution and saturated saline water in that order. The organic layer was dried with anhydrous sodium sulfate, and then concentrated under reduced pressure. The resulting residue was purified through silica gel column chromatography (hexane/ethyl acetate=2/8 to 3/7) to obtain 4-(benzyloxy)-2-nitroaniline (1.2 g) as a red solid.

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