Chloroacetic Acid → HCID 178524165, compound

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3,4-Diaminobenzoic acid (6.09 g, 40 mmol) and chloroacetic acid (4.35 g, 46 mmol) were refluxed in 5 N HCl (30 ml) for 5 h. The reaction mixture was cooled, the gray precipitate obtained was separated by filtration and subsequently washed with acetone (100 ml) and ether (100 ml) to obtain 6.44 g of product 4 (76%).

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