Hydrochloric Acid → 2-(((Benzyloxy)carbonyl)amino)-5-hydroxybenzoic acid

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2-Amino-5-hydroxy-benzoic acid (3.0 g) was dissolved in a 1N aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide (50 ml), to which was added dropwise carbobenzyloxy chloride (3.5 g). The mixture was stirred for one hour at room temperature, which was neutralized with 1N hydrochloric acid, followed by extraction with ethyl acetate (100 ml). The organic layer was washed with water and dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. The solvent was distilled under reduced pressure to leave 2-benzyloxycarbonylamino-5-hydroxybenzoic acid as blackish brown crystals (2.9 g).

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