Hydrochloric Acid → 5-Amino-2-chloro-isonicotinic acid

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A suspension of 5-tert-butoxycarbonylamino-2-chloro-isonicotinic acid (2.46 g) in aqueous 2N potassium hydroxide solution (45 mL) was stirred at 90° C. for 5 hours. After cooling to room temperature, the solution was acidified by slow addition of 6N hydrochloric acid. The formed precipitate was filtered off, washed with water, MTB-ether and hexane and dried in vacuum to afford 700 mg of the title compound of the formula

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