Methanol → HCID 22918419, compound

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Reaction Steps

A steady stream of argon is passed through a suspension of 479 mg (1.09 mmol) of 4-anilino-5-(2,4-dimethoxy-anilino)phthalic acid dimethylester in3.6 ml of methanol, and a solution of 205 mg (4.905 mmol, 4.5 eq) of lithium hydroxide monohydrate and 10 mg sodium ascorbate in 1.7 ml of water is added. The reaction mixture is heated to reflux for 4 hours, cooled to RT, and the methanol is removed by evaporation. The resulting mixture is poured onto 20 ml of 4N hydrochloric acid, the red suspension is filtered and the crystals are washed with washed with isopropanol/hexane 1:5 to yield the title compound in the form of red crystals, TLC (dichloromethane/methanol 7:3) Rf =0.33.

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