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(57) [Problem] To provide a benzoic acid derivative which is an intermediate of medical and agricultural chemicals, especially an intermediate of a herbicidally active compound, and a method for producing the same. A process for producing a benzoic acid derivative represented by the general formula (1), comprising reacting a compound represented by the general formula (2) with a base and water or an alcohol in a suitable solvent. And the benzoic acid derivative. Embedded image (Wherein, R 1 represents a hydrogen atom or a C 1-4 alkyl group; R 2 represents a hydrogen atom or a C 1-6 alkyl group; et is attached to the bicycloheptane moiety at a carbon atom, Represents an optionally substituted saturated or unsaturated 5- to 6-membered heterocyclic group containing 1 to 4 N, O or S atoms. ) |