Hydrochloric Acid → Naphthalic acid

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A 86.5 g quantity of naphthalic acid (i.e., 1,8-naphthalic acid or 1,8-naphthalene dicarboxylic acid) was dissolved in 300 g of ethyl cellosolve, and chromium acetate (0.2 equivalent calculated as atomic weight of Cr) and 30 g of urea were added to the solution. The mixture was stirred at 100° to 115° C. for 2 hours. The reaction mixture was in the form of a bluish green supernatent liquid. The mixture was cooled to 30° C. and placed into 1 liter of water containing 60 g of 35% hydrochloric acid, whereby a pale bluish green precipitate was formed. The precipitate was filtered off and washed with water until the pH thereof became 6 to 7. The precipitate was dried to give 95 g of Cr complex compound of 1,8-naphthalic acid (hereinafter referred to as "Complex Compound 2"). Complex Compound 2 was found to have good thermal stability (as tested at temperatures of below 350° C. in the same manner as described in Example 1).

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