Hydrochloric Acid → 1-Aminoanthraquinone

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Reaction Steps

To 700 parts of a 3 % aqueous hydrochloric acid there was added 50 parts of 1-hydroxylaminoanthraquinone and the mixture was heated with stirring to 70°C, then added thereto little by little 16 parts of zinc dust over 1 hour. The reaction mixture was maintained at 70°C for additional 4 hours. Zinc dust was completely consumed during the reaction course but a fairly large amount of 1-hydroxylaminoanthraquinone remained unreacted. The reaction mixture was cooled to 25°C and filtered. The residue was washed with water and then with 200 parts of a 3 % solution of sodium hydroxide in a 20 % aqueous acetone to extract therefrom unreacted 1-hydroxylaminoanthraquinone and washed with water again and dried to obtain 15.5 parts of 1-aminoanthraquinone of a purity of 90 %.

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