2,4-Dinitrophenylacetic acid → 2-(2,4-diaminophenyl)acetic acid

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To 2,4-dinitrophenylacetic acid (1.2 gm) in methanol (60 mL), added Pd/C (80 mg, 10 wt %). H2 gas environment was maintained with pressure using hydrogen gas balloon and solution stirred for 6 hours at RT. The catalyst was removed by filtration, over celite. The filtrate was concentrated in vacuo to give 2,4-diaminophenylacetic acid without further purification, immediately refluxed with 16 ml of 1N HCl for 6 hrs. Reaction was monitored with TLC. The solution was neutralized with 1% sodium hydroxide, extracted with three portions of ethyl acetate. The organic layers were combined, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate or magnesium sulfate, evaporated in vacuo to get the title compound D4: YD: 67.85%: mp: 193-195° C.; Rf: 0.358 (EA:Hx: 7.0:3.0). 1H NMR (DMSO-d6) 200 MHz, δ: 3.227 (s, 2H), 5.004 (s, 2H) —NH2, 6.094 (dd, J=2.2 & 6.2 Hz, 1H), 6.098 (d, J=2.0 Hz, 1H), 6.786 (d, J=8.4 Hz, 1H), 10.088 (s, 1H). MS (ESI): m/z 146.8 [M−H]−.

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