Trioctylamine → 2,4,5-Trifluoro-3-methoxybenzoic acid

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Into a 100 ml three necked flask, 10 g (0.04 mol) of the 4-methoxy-3,5,6-trifluorophthalic acid prepared in Example 22 and 14.2 g (0.04 mol) of trioctylamine were charged, and the mixture was reacted at 140° C. for 4 hours with stirring. After completion of the reaction, 30 ml of a 20% sodium hydroxide aqueous solution was added thereto and stirred. The aqueous phase was separated and neutralized with a 10% hydrochloric acid aqueous solution and extracted with ethyl acetate. Then, the solvent was distilled off to obtain 7.17 g of 3-methoxy-2,4,5-triflourobenzoic acid. The yield was 87.0%

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