Nitric Acid → 1,2-Dichloro-4-methyl-5-nitrobenzene

HRID 1746

Reaction equation

[Cl:1][C:2]1[CH:3]=[C:4]([CH3:9])[CH:5]=[CH:6][C:7]=1[Cl:8].S(=O)(=O)(O)O.[N+:15]([O-])([OH:17])=[O:16]>>[Cl:8][C:7]1[C:2]([Cl:1])=[CH:3][C:4]([CH3:9])=[C:5]([N+:15]([O-:17])=[O:16])[CH:6]=1

Participants

Reactant 3

HCID 944Nitric Acid

HCID 1118Sulfuric Acid

HCID 7256Benzene, 1,2-dichloro-4-methyl-

Product 1

HCID 3437951,2-Dichloro-4-methyl-5-nitrobenzene

Procedure

3,4-Dichlorotoluene was nitrated with concentrated sulfuric acid and fuming nitric acid (d=1.52).

Sources & evidence

ORD record: ord-9998629522e842d089f0d1c3f6b90263
Source dataset: uspto-grants-1998_03
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent number: US05726305

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