2-Chloro-5-methoxy-4-nitrobenzoic acid → 4-Amino-2-chloro-5-methoxybenzoic acid

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2-chloro-5-methoxy-4-nitro-benzoic acid (Intermediate 218; 762 mg, 3.8 mmol) was dissolved in EtOH (20 mL) and a catalytic amount of 5% Pt on carbon added under an inert atmosphere. The solution was de-gassed and stirred under an atmosphere of hydrogen at room temperature overnight. The catalyst was filtered off and washed with EtOH and solvent evaporated and the resultant material dried under vacuum to yield the title compound as an off-white solid. (617 mg, 98%)

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