Water → Methyl 2,6-dichloro-4-hydroxybenzoate

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4-Amino-2,6-dichlorobenzoic acid methyl ester (0.5 g) was suspended in 20% HCl (25 mL) and stirred for 30 min then cooled to 0-5° C. After slow addition of NaNO2 (188 mg), the mixture was stirred for 30 min at that temperature and added to boiling water (50 mL). The mixture was then refluxed for 2 h, allowed to cool to room temperature and extracted with AcOEt, dried (MgSO4), filtered and evaporated. The residue was purified by preparative TLC (silica gel; eluent: CH2Cl2) to give 2,6-dichloro-4-hydroxybenzoic acid methyl ester (275 mg).

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