59382-59-1

Methyl 2-methyl-3-nitrobenzoate(59382-59-1) is an important organic synthetic material and pharmaceutical intermediate compound. It can be used for the preparation of the anticancer drug lenalidomide as well as other organic compounds (e.g., indole-4-carboxylic acid methyl ester, 5-nitroisocoumarin, 5-aminoisoquinolin-1(2H)-one, etc.).

White crystalline powder

Methyl 2-methyl-3-nitrobenzoate(59382-59-1) may be used in the synthesis of methyl indole-4-carboxylate, 5-aminoisoquinolin-1(2H)-one, 5-nitroisocoumarin and [2-(4-fluorophenyl)-1H-indol-4-yl]-1-pyrrolidinylmethanone. It may also be used in the preparation of substituted nitrostyrene benzoic acids, via reaction with aromatic aldehydes in the presence of DBU in DMSO; and 4-(hydroxymethyl)-1-tosylindole, via Batcho-Leimgruber modification of the Reissert indole synthesis.

Soluble in methanol.