Sulfuric Acid → 3,4-Dihydroxy-5-nitrobenzamide

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Reaction Steps

A total of 7.2 g of 3,4-dihydroxy-5-nitrobenzonitrile are introduced portionwise into 130 ml of conc. sulfuric acid while stirring within 10 minutes, whereupon the mixture is stirred at 50° for 4 hours. The reaction mixture is poured into 800 ml of ice-water. The separated precipitate is filtered under suction, washed with water and taken up in ethyl acetate. The organic phase is dried over sodium sulfate and evaporated. After recrystallization from acetone/ethyl acetate there is obtained 3,4-dihydroxy-5-nitrobenzamide in the form of orange crystals of m.p. 235°-236°.

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