Water → HCID 10067138, compound

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2-Amino-9,10-dihydro-4,5-dimethoxy-9,10-dioxoanthracene (1.5 g) was dissolved in dry pyridine (30 ml) and freshly distilled methanesulphonyl chloride (0.61 g) slowly added. The mixture was heated to 90° C. for 3 hours under an atmosphere of nitrogen before being allowed to cool to room temperature. The mixture was then poured into water (150 ml), generating a brown precipitate. The solid was collected by filtration and dried in vacuo over silica gel to yield N-(4,5-dimethoxy-9,10-dihydro-9,10-dioxoanthracen-2-yl)methanesulphonamide at 94% purity (HPLC) as brown lustrous crystals. To improve purity, the crystals were dissolved in 2N sodium hydroxide solution, washed with CHCl3, and filtered to remove any remaining solid residue.

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