Methyl 6-fluoro-2-methyl-3-nitrobenzoate → Benzoic acid, 3-amino-6-fluoro-2-methyl-, methyl ester

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To a solution of a crudely purified product (27.7 g, 130 mmol) of methyl 6-fluoro-2-methyl-3-nitrobenzoate in methanol (260 mL) was added palladium carbon (6.00 g, 10 wt %) and the mixture was stirred under hydrogen atmosphere for 12 hr. The catalyst was filtered off through celite, the filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure, and the residue was purified by flash silica gel column chromatography (ethyl acetate/hexane=1/1) to give the title compound (15.0 g, yield 63%).

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