Ammonium formate → 3'-Amino-2'-methoxy-[1,1'-biphenyl]-3-carboxylic acid

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2′-Methoxy-3′-nitro-biphenyl-3-carboxylic acid 1d (0.48 g, 1.74 mmol) was dissolved in 60 mL of ethanol followed by addition of 0.5 g of palladium on carbon and ammonium formate (1.1 g, 17.4 mmol). The reaction mixture was heated to reflux at 80° C. for 20 minutes. The reaction was monitored by TLC until the disappearance of the starting materials. The mixture was filtered and the filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure and dried to obtain the title compound 2′-methoxy-3′-amino-biphenyl-3-carboxylic acid 1e (0.42 g, yield 93.3%) as a white solid.

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