Potassium Hydroxide → Benzoic acid, 3-amino-2-mercapto-

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

28.9 g of potassium hydroxide (85%), dissolved in 38 ml of water, are added dropwise to 3.5 g of methyl 2-amino-benzothiazole-7-carboxylate in 38 ml of dioxane under a nitrogen atmosphere in the course of 20 minutes, while stirring and cooling with ice, such that the internal temperature of 25° C. is not exceeded. Thereafter, the mixture is refluxed at a bath temperature of 140° C., and towards the end of the reaction the internal temperature is increased to 170° C. and dioxane is distilled off by means of a descending condenser. The mixture is then cooled to 0° C. and filtered under a nitrogen atmosphere and the residue is rinsed with 30 ml of ice-water. The title compound can be isolated from the filtrate by acidification to pH 5.5, with severe cooling and stirring at a maximum of 0° C., and extraction with ethyl acetate/tetrahydrofuran (8:2) and washing with concentrated sodium chloride solution. Because of the risk of the formation of the disulfide, the potassium salt in the filtrate (potassium 3-amino-2-mercapto-benzoate) is preferably further reacted directly.

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