Nitric Acid → 2-Methyl-1-(3-nitrophenyl)-1-propanone

Temperature

-5 °C

Concentrated nitric acid (20 ml) was added cautiously with cooling to concentrated sulphuric acid (50 ml) maintaining a temperature of −5° C. Another solution of 2-methyl-1-phenyl-1-propanone (29.6 g, 0.2 mol) in concentrated sulphuric acid (70 ml) was made up with shaking, keeping the temperature at −5° C. The former nitric acid/sulphuric acid solution was added portionwise over 30 min to the latter solution of ketone in sulphuric acid keeping the temperature at −10° C.+/−5° C. during the addition and for a subsequent 30 min. The reaction mixture was poured onto crushed ice (1 l) and then extracted with diethyl ether (3×100 ml). The organic extracts were washed with water (300 ml) and then brine (300 ml), dried (Na2SO4) and then concentrated in vacuo. The crude product was obtained as an orange oil (40 g) which was purified by chromatography on silica gel (450 g) eluting with hexane :diethyl ether (9:1) to give the title compound as a pale yellow solid (16.3 g, 42%), m.p.33-35° C.

1. customat −5° C
2. additionduring the addition
3. additionThe reaction mixture was poured
4. extractionextracted with diethyl ether (3×100 ml)
5. washThe organic extracts were washed with water (300 ml)
6. dry with materialbrine (300 ml), dried (Na2SO4)
7. concentrationconcentrated in vacuo

ORD record

ord-3eb7af1ac93044a6bb2b54e23dbca28a

Source dataset

uspto-grants-2001_11

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US06313312B1