3-Nitrobenzoic acid → Benzoyl chloride, 3-nitro-

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Thionyl chloride (25 mL) was added to 3-nitrobenzoic acid (3 g, 18 mmol) and the mixture was stirred at reflux for 6 hr. Thionyl chloride was evaporated under reduced pressure and the residues was dried to obtain 3-nitrobenzoyl chloride as a yellow solid. 3-Hydroxyanthranilic acid (0.92 g, 6.0 mmol) and pyridine (1.45 mL, 18.0 mmol) were added to toluene (30 mL) and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 30 min. Then 3-nitrobenzoyl chloride prepared above (3.34 g, 18 mmol) was added. The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 30 min and then at 80° C. for 2 hr. The solvents was evaporated under reduced pressure and the residue was washed with 5% aqueous hydrochloric acid (100 mL×3), filtered, the solid was washed with water (100 mL×3), dried in vacuum at 50° C. to obtain 3-hydroxy-2-(3-nitrobenzeneamido)benzoic acid as a yellow solid (1.8 g, yield 100%). LC-MS (ESI) m/z 303 [M+1]+.

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