Nitric Acid → Methyl 2-(2-methoxyacetamido)-3-nitrobenzoate

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[step 1] Methyl 2-(2-methoxyacetamido)benzoate (U.S. Pat. No. 5,091,403; 3.0 g, 13.4 mmol) was suspended in butyric anhydride (12.7 mL, 134.0 mmol), fuming nitric acid (2.3 mL, 51.1 mmol) was added dropwise under ice-cooling, and the mixture was stirred at 0° C. for 40 min. Water was added to the mixture, 4 mol/L aqueous sodium hydroxide solution was added dropwise to neutralize the mixture, and the mixture was extracted 3 times with ethyl acetate. The combined organic layers were dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (hexane/ethyl acetate=100/0 v/v-60/40 v/v) to give methyl 2-(2-methoxyacetamido)-3-nitrobenzoate (1.9 g, 51%).

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