Hydrochloric Acid → Benzoic acid, 3,4-dihydroxy-5-nitro-, methyl ester

HRID 2260206Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2260206 reaction equation
[OH:1][C:2]1[CH:3]=[C:4]([CH:8]=[C:9]([N+:12]([O-:14])=[O:13])[C:10]=1[OH:11])[C:5]([OH:7])=[O:6].Cl.[CH2:16](Cl)Cl>>[OH:1][C:2]1[CH:3]=[C:4]([CH:8]=[C:9]([N+:12]([O-:14])=[O:13])[C:10]=1[OH:11])[C:5]([O:7][CH3:16])=[O:6]

Participants

4

Reactant 3

HCID 313Hydrochloric AcidHCID 6344DichloromethaneHCID 144509823,4-Dihydroxy-5-nitrobenzoic acid

Product 1

HCID 5747973Benzoic acid, 3,4-dihydroxy-5-nitro-, methyl ester

Procedure

1.0 g of 3,4-dihydroxy-5-nitrobenzoic acid is treated with 20 ml of methanolic hydrochloric acid, stirred at 45° for 3 hours and, after removing the solvent, the residue is taken up in methylene chloride. The organic phase is washed with sodium chloride solution, dried over sodium sulfate and evaporated. The crystalline product obtained is taken up in methylene chloride and filtered over a ten-fold amount of silica gel. The material obtained is recrystallized from ethyl acetate/n-hexane. There is obtained methyl 3,4-dihydroxy-5-nitrobenzoate in the form of yellow crystals of m.p. 144°-145°.

Workup

  1. customafter removing the solvent
  2. washThe organic phase is washed with sodium chloride solution
  3. dry with materialdried over sodium sulfate
  4. customevaporated
  5. customThe crystalline product obtained
  6. filtrationfiltered over a ten-fold amount of silica gel
  7. customThe material obtained
  8. customis recrystallized from ethyl acetate/n-hexane

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-45f43d2ddc2e4f3d81b6270cf0653360
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1995_12
Patent number
US05476875

Reaction notes

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