1-Hydroxybenzotriazole → 6-Hydroxynaphthalene-2-carboxamide

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A solution of 6-hydroxy-2-napthoic acid (1.88 g, 9.99 mmol), 1-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-3-ethylcarbodiimide hydrochloride (2.11 g, 10.98 mmol), 1-hydroxybenzotriazole (1.48 g, 10.98 mmol) and ammonium carbonate (4.80 g, 49.95 mmol) in N,N-dimethylformamide (70 ml) was left to stir at room temperature under a nitrogen atmosphere for 3 days. The solvent was removed in vacuo and the residue partitioned between saturated aqueous sodium hydrogen carbonate (50 ml) and ethyl acetate (6×50 ml). The combined organic extracts were washed with water (25 ml), saturated aqueous sodium chloride (25 ml), dried (sodium sulfate) and the solvent removed in vacuo. The solid was absorbed onto silica gel and purified by column chromatography on silica gel eluting with dichloromethane:methanol:0.880 ammonia (95:5:0.5 changing to 90:10:1) to give the title compound as a pale yellow solid (1.1 g).

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