Sulfuric Acid → 2,5-Dichloro-3-[(beta-chloroethyl)-sulfonylmethylamino]-benzoic acid

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20.6 g (0.1 mole) of 2,5-dichloro-3-aminobenzoic acid and 18.7 g (0.12 mole) of hydroxymethyl-(β-chloroethyl)-sulfone were suspended in 100 ml of ethylene chloride, 1 ml of concentrated sulfuric acid was added thereto and the mixture was stirred for 3 hours at 40° C. The mixture was then cooled and the product which had crystallized out was filtered off and recrystallized from acetonitrile. This gave 30.8 g (89% of theory) of 2,5-dichloro-3-[(β-chloroethyl)-sulfonylmethylamino]-benzoic acid in the form of colorless crystals of melting point 156° C (with decomposition).

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