Hydrochloric Acid → 4-Hydroxyisophthalonitrile

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Reaction Steps

4-Methoxyisophthalonitrile (2 g, 0.12 mol; see step (ii) above) was dissolved in quinoline (20 mL) and TMSI (2.7 mL, 0.018 mol) was added. The reaction mixture was stirred at 120° C. for 14 h, before being cooled to RT, acidified with conc. HCl and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with 10% aqueous NaOH and the aqueous layer was acidified with 1 N HCl. The product was extracted with ethyl acetate, washed with water and brine and dried over Na2SO4. Solvent evaporation under reduced pressure afforded the sub-title compound (1.1 g, 61%) as pale brown solid. This was employed directly in the next step without further purification.

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