Ammonium Chloride → 2-Amino-4-methylbenzamide

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The title compound was prepared following the procedure described in Step 3 of Intermediate-1 using 4-methyl-2-nitrobenzamide (1.60 g, 8.88 mmol), iron powder (2.97 g, 53.33 mmol), and NH4Cl (2.85 g, 53.33 mmol) in EtOH (8 mL) and water (2 mL) to afford 1.2 g of the title product. 1H NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6): δ 7.62 (br s, 1H), 7.42 (d, J=7.8 Hz, 1H), 6.93 (br s, 1H), 6.53 (s, 2H), 6.46 (s, 1H), 6.29 (d, J=7.8 Hz, 1H), 2.15 (s, 3H).

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