2-Methyl-4-methoxy-5-nitrophenyl mesylate → 2-Methyl-4-methoxy-5-aminophenyl mesylate

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1.55 g of 10% palladium-on-carbon, 18.8 g (71.9 mmol) of 2-methyl-4-methoxy-5-nitrophenyl mesylate and 120 ml of ethanol were fed into an autoclave (200 ml), and the mixture was then hydrogenated at 50° C. under 50 g/cm2 for 1 hours with stirring. After allowing to cool, palladium-on-carbon was filtered off and the solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure to obtain brown crystals. The crystals thus obtained were recrystallized from ethanol to thereby give 13.4 g (58.2 mmol) of 2-methyl-4-methoxy-5-aminophenyl mesylate in the form of yellow needle-like crystals. The yield was 81%.

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