Hydrochloric Acid → N-(3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoyl)-5-chloroanthranilic acid

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To a solution of 20 ml of a 10% aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide and 10 ml of ethanol is added 0.95 g of methyl N-(3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoyl)-5-chloroanthranilate and the mixture is stirred at room temperature for 1 hour. The reaction mixture is poured into 100 ml of water and after cooling, hydrochloric acid is added to make the mixture weakly acidic. The precipitated crystals are collected by filtration and recrystallized from ethanol to obtain 0.7 g of N-(3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoyl)-5-chloroanthranilic acid as colorless needles.

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