Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 70094755, compound

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Methyl 3-nitro-4-[2-(1-pyrrolidinyl)ethoxy]benzoate (5.9 g, 20 mmol) was mixed with 60 mL of 5 N aqueous HCl and refluxed 16 h. It was mixed with toluene/EtOH and concentrated under reduced pressure to dryness. The resulting solid was tritrated with hot EtOAc to afford 5.7 g (18 mmol, 90%) of the benzoic acid hydrochloride.

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