2-(Carboxymethyl)-5-nitrobenzoic acid → 7-Nitroisoquinoline-1,3(2H,4H)-dione

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230 mg of 5-nitro-2-carboxymethyl-benzoic acid was placed in a 10 ml flask followed by adding 1 mL of ammonia water. The resulting mixture was heated and fluxed for 30 min to evaporate the solvent. Then the system was heated to 150° C. under reduced pressure by oil pump, after progressed for 20 min the reaction was processed as follows: the solid is dissolved with acetone and applied on silica gel column (petroleum ether: acetic ether=1:1) to obtain 7-nitro-4H-isoquinoline-1,3-dione.

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