Hydrochloric Acid → Benzoic acid, 3,4-dihydroxy-5-nitro-, methyl ester

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Reaction Steps

1.0 g of 3,4-dihydroxy-5-nitrobenzoic acid is treated with 20 ml of methanolic hydrochloric acid, stirred at 45° for 3 hours and, after removing the solvent, the residue is taken up in methylene chloride. The organic phase is washed with sodium chloride solution, dried over sodium sulfate and evaporated. The crystalline product obtained is taken up in methylene chloride and filtered over a ten-fold amount of silica gel. The material obtained is recrystallized from ethyl acetate/n-hexane. There is obtained methyl 3,4-dihydroxy-5-nitrobenzoate in the form of yellow crystals of m.p. 144°-145°.

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