Sulfuric Acid → 5-Amidino-2-hydroxybenzenesulfonic acid

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To 15 ml of 60% fuming sulfuric acid, while being cooled in ice, was added slowly 10.0 g of 4-amidinophenol hydrochloride. After the addition, the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 4 hours, then poured slowly into 200 ml of ice water, and stirred for a while. The colorless solid which was precipitated was collected by filtration, washed with water, then with acetone, and dried to obtain 10.2 g of 5-amidino-2-hydroxybenzenesulfonic acid.

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