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Ch. 19 - Amines
Wade - Organic Chemistry 9th Edition
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Capitolo 19, Problema 45c

Synthesize from benzene. (Hint: All of these require diazonium ions.)
(c) 2-methyl-5-hydroxybenzoic acid

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Start with benzene as the base compound. Perform a nitration reaction by treating benzene with a mixture of concentrated HNO₃ and H₂SO₄. This introduces a nitro group (-NO₂) to the benzene ring, forming nitrobenzene.
Reduce the nitro group (-NO₂) in nitrobenzene to an amino group (-NH₂) by using a reducing agent such as Sn/HCl or Fe/HCl. This forms aniline (C₆H₅NH₂).
Convert the amino group (-NH₂) in aniline to a diazonium ion (-N₂⁺) by treating it with NaNO₂ and HCl at 0–5°C. This forms benzene diazonium chloride (C₆H₅N₂⁺Cl⁻).
Perform a Sandmeyer reaction to introduce a carboxylic acid group (-COOH) at the para position relative to the diazonium group. Use CuCN followed by hydrolysis to achieve this transformation, forming para-aminobenzoic acid.
Introduce the methyl group (-CH₃) and hydroxyl group (-OH) at the appropriate positions. Use Friedel-Crafts alkylation with CH₃Cl/AlCl₃ to add the methyl group, and then perform selective hydroxylation using appropriate reagents to obtain 2-methyl-5-hydroxybenzoic acid.

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