Dipropylamine → Methyl 3-[(dipropylamino)carbonyl]-5-nitrobenzoate

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A suspension of 5-nitro-isophthalic acid monomethyl ester (D77) (1.0 g, 4.44 mmol, 1 equiv) in CH2Cl2 (40 ml) was treated with (COCl)2 (655 mg, 5.2 mmol, 1.2 equiv) followed by a few drops of DMF. The resulting mixture was stirred for 1 h at room temperature and then dipropylamine (1.65 g, 15 mmol, 3.4 equiv) was added and the resulting solution stirred for a further 30 min. The solution was then washed with 2N aqueous HCl solution (50 ml), saturated aqueous NaHCO3 solution (50 ml), dried over MgSO4 and concentrated in vacuo to give 5-nitro-N,N-dipropyl-isophthalamic acid methyl ester (D87) (1.5 g, 110%) as a pale yellow oil.

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