Hydrochloric Acid → 3-Formyl-2-hydroxy-N-methylbenzamide

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60 ml of concentrated aqueous hydrochloric acid were added at 20 to 25° C. to 14 g (65 mmol) of the methylamide of Example 3 in a mixture of 120 ml of THF and 100 ml of water. After the reaction mixture had been stirred for approximately 14 hours at 20 to 25° C., it was taken up in MTBE and washed with water. After drying, the solvent was distilled off. 8 g of the title compound, which corresponded to 71% of theory, were obtained from the residue. (m.p.: 129-131° C.)

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