Carbon Dioxide → 5-Aminosalicylic Acid

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p-Acetaminophenol 15 g, and potassium hydroxide 60 g were added into a 500 ml autoclave, and CO2 was introduced to perform a carboxylation reaction under a reaction pressure of 2.0 MPa and heated to 185° C., maintained for 14 hours, then the reaction was terminated, cooled to 80° C., and 1500 ml distilled water was added to dissolve potassium 5-aminosalicylate. After decolorization, the aqueous phase was acidified with 20˜30% hydrochloric acid until pH=4, cooled and then filtered to obtain the product of 5-aminosalicylic acid, the yield is 30%.

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