Water → 5-Dimethylaminoisatoic anhydride

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To the mixture of 8.9 g of 2-amino-5-dimethylaminobenzoic acid in 60 mL of dioxane, under stirring and external cold water cooling 10 mL of diphosgene is added dropwise. The mixture is heated under reflux conditions for 4 hours. From the cold reaction mixture the solid material is filtered off, washed with 50 mL of ether. The product is stirred for 5 minutes in the mixture of 50 mL of methanol and 5 mL of triethylamine, filtered off, washed with 30 mL of methanol. After drying 7 g of the title product is obtained, m.p.: 258° C.

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