Sodium Hydroxide → HCID 67717335, compound

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A mixture of methyl 3-aminomethylbenzoate hydrochloride (2.014 g, 0.0098 mol) in 1N sodium hydroxide (25 mL, 0.025 mol) was stirred at room temperature for 4 h. The mixture was neutralized with Dowex-H+ resin. The mixture was filtered and acetone (400 mL) was added to the filtrate. The white precipitate was collected by filtration and recrystallized from water-acetone to give 0.80 g of the title compound as a white powder, mp 278°-280° C.

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