Potassium Carbonate → 3-Methoxy-4-nitroaniline

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A mixture of N-(3-methoxy-4-nitro-phenyl)-acetamide (16.6 g, 78.67 mmol) and an aqueous solution of hydrochloric acid (1.5 M, 200 mL) was refluxed until a clear solution was obtained. The reaction mixture was basified by addition of an aqueous solution of potassium carbonate and then was extracted four times with dichloromethane (200 mL); the combined organic extracts were dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered and evaporated under reduced pressure to give 13.56 g (quantitative yield) of 3-methoxy-4-nitro-phenylamine as a yellow solid. MS=169 [M+H]+.

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