Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 69951094, compound

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To a stirred suspension of 185.6 g of stannous chloride dihydrate in concentrated hydrochloric acid (450 ml) at 15° was added 48.8 g of 2-methyl-3-nitrobenzoic acid, methyl ester. The temperature of the reaction mixture rose steadily to 63° before a cooling bath was applied. After the addition was complete, the solution was stirred at 40° to room temperature for 1.5 hours. The desired product was obtained by filtration of the reaction mixture at 7°, washing with ethyl acetate and n-butyl chloride, and drying. The yield of 3-amino-2-methylbenzoic acid, methyl ester, hydrochloride m.p. 220°-228° (dec.), was 60.8 g as a white solid.

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