Salicylic Acid → 1,3-Dihydroxy-xanthone

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Reaction Steps

Salicylic acid (1.25 g, 9.1 mmol), phloroglucinol (1.26 g, 10 mmol), ZnCl□(3.1 g, 22.8 mmol) and POCl□ (8 mL) were charged to a dry round-bottom flask, and the reaction mixture was stirred at 80° C. for 4 hours. After the reaction was completed, the reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature and was very slowly added to ice water. When the reaction liquid was poured in ice water, ice was added portionwise to prevent overheating. The resulting precipitate was allowed to stand at 4° C. overnight, combined, washed with water and ether, and then dried under reduced pressure to give a reddish brown solid compound (1.94 g, 93%).

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