Sulfuric Acid → HCID 88219692, compound

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4-Bromo-3-methylanisole (500 g, 2.5 moles) was cautiously added dropwise over a period of 20-25 minutes to 98% sulfuric acid (1,600 ml) at ambient temperature (exothermic, temperature rise to 42-43° C.) and the reaction stirred for 16 hours. The reaction mixture was cautiously quenched onto cooled (0-5° C.) deionised water (7.5 liter) over a 2 hour period at a rate that maintained the temperature below 20° C. The precipitated product was granulated for 3 hours, filtered and dried to give the crude sulphonic acid (980 g). The crude product was recrystallised from ethyl acetate (2.94 liters, 3 ml/g) to give the subtitle compound (680 g, 86% yield) as a white crystalline solid (mp=131-133° C.)

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