Stannous Chloride → 2-Methoxy-4-hydrazinylbenzoic acid hydrochloride

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To a suspension of 4-amino-2-methoxybenzoic acid (3.00 g, 18.0 mmol) in hydrochoric acid (1.0 M, 30 mL) at 0° C. was added a solution of sodium nitrite (1.28 g, 18.5 mmol) in water (5.0 mL) over 5 min. The reaction mixture was maintained at 0° C. for 5 hr and was then treated with tin(II) chloride (9.53 g, 50.3 mmol) in hydrochloric acid (1M, 60 mL) and warmed to RT for 64 hr. A thick precipitate formed which was isolated by filtration, washed with water (50 mL) and ether (15 mL) and dried in vacuo to afford 2-methoxy-4-hydrazinylbenzoic acid hydrochloride as a beige solid (1.05 g, 90% purity, 24%); Rt 0.17 min (Method 2); m/z 181 (M+H)+, (ES+). This material was used in the subsequent step without further purification.

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