3-ACETOXYBENZOIC ACID

Uses

3-Acetoxybenzoic acid (3-aBH) may be used as a ligand to prepare:

• bis-(3-acetoxybenzoato)triphenylantimony(V)
• bis-(3-acetoxybenzoato)triphenylbismuth(V)
• [Ln(3-ab)₃(N₂H₄)₂]·xH₂O (Ln = La,Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm and Gd; N₂H₄= hydrazine)

It may be used as staring material to synthesize 3-acetoxybenzoyl chloride.

Synthesis Reference(s)

Tetrahedron Letters, 33, p. 7961, 1992 DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(00)74789-7

General Description

3-Acetoxybenzoic acid (3-ABA), a meta-substituted benzoic acid, is an isomer of aspirin. It can be synthesized by reacting 3-hydroxybenzoic acid with acetic anhydride. The esterification of 3-ABA with 1,1′-carbonyldiimidazole (CDI) in the presence of reactive halides has been reported.