Ethanol → Methyl 3-amino-5-[(dipropylamino)carbonyl]Benzoate

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A mixture of 5-nitro-N,N-dipropyl-isophthalamic acid methyl ester (D87) (1.5 g, 4.9 mmol, 1 equiv), NH4COOH (3.0 g, 49 mmol, 10 equiv), 10% Pd on charcoal (50% wet, 250 mg, 0.082 equiv w/w), EtOH (20 ml) and H2O (10 ml) was heated at 50° C. for 90 min. The mixture was cooled to room temperature, filtered through a pad of celite and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was dissolved in AcOEt (200 ml) and the resulting solution was washed with saturated NaHCO3 solution (100 ml), dried over MgSO4 and concentrated in vacuo to give 5-amino-N,N-dipropyl-isophthalamic acid methyl ester (D88) (1.2 g, 88%) as a white waxy solid.

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