2-Nitrobenzoic acid or o-nitrobenzoic acid is an organic compound with the formula C6H4(NO2)CO2H.

It is prepared by oxidation of 2-nitrotoluene with nitric acid.

[1] In consists of a carboxylic acid group and a nitro group in the ortho configuration.

Reduction of the nitro group into an amine produces anthranilic acid.

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