Potassium Hydroxide → 2-Amino-4-methylbenzamide

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2-amino-4-methylbenzonitrile (10 g, 75.7 mmol) was dissolved in ethanol, added with potassium hydroxide (21.2 g, 378 mmol), followed by refluxing for 8 hours. The reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature, concentrated under reduced pressure, and dissolved in ethyl acetate. The organic layer formed was washed with a saturated aqueous solution of sodium bicarbonate and brine. The obtained organic layer is dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, concentrated under reduced pressure, and recrystallized from ethanol to obtain the title compound (4.9 g, 43%).

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