Ammonium formate → Benzyl 2-(3,4-diaminobenzoyl)benzoate

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A 1 L three-neck flask equipped with a mechanical stirrer was charged with a mixture of benzyl 2-(4-amino-3-nitrobenzoyl)benzoate (50 g, 133 mmole), iron powder (74 g, 1.30 mol), and ammonium formate (167 g, 2.60 mol) in tetrahydrofuran (300 mL) and water (200 mL). The mixture was stirred vigorously at 80° C. for 90 minutes, cooled to room temperature and filtered through celite. The celite was washed with ethyl acetate (500 mL), and the filtrate was partitioned. The organic portion was washed with 2N sodium hydroxide (2×100 mL), water, brine, dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated in-vacuo to afford benzyl 2-(3,4-diaminobenzoyl)benzoate (47 g, 1.30 mol) as a brown oil. 1H NMR (400 MHz, d6-DMSO): 7.94 (d, 1H), 7.70-7.66 (m, 1H), 7.61-7.58 (m, 1H), 7.37-7.21 (m, 6H), 6.98 (s, 1H), 6.70 (d, 1H), 6.47 (d, 1H), 5.54 (s, 2H), 5.09 (s, 2H), 4.72 (s, 2H); MS (EI) for C21H18N2O3: 349 (MNa+)

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