Nitric Acid → 4-Chloro-2-nitro-3-(trifluoromethyl)phenol

HRID 884956

Reaction equation

HRID 884956 reaction equation
[Cl:1][C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][C:5]([OH:8])=[CH:4][C:3]=1[C:9]([F:12])([F:11])[F:10].S(=O)(=O)(O)O.[N+:18]([O-:21])([OH:20])=[O:19]>C(O)(=O)C>[Cl:1][C:2]1[C:3]([C:9]([F:10])([F:11])[F:12])=[CH:4][C:5]([OH:8])=[C:6]([N+:18]([O-:20])=[O:19])[CH:7]=1.[Cl:1][C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][C:5]([OH:8])=[C:4]([N+:18]([O-:21])=[O:19])[C:3]=1[C:9]([F:10])([F:11])[F:12]

Participants

6

Procedure

To a mixture of 5.0 g of 4-chloro-3-trifluoromethylphenol and 20 ml of acetic acid, 1.5 ml of concentrated sulfuric acid and then 2.6 g of 69% nitric acid were added dropwise while ice-cooling. To the reaction mixture, 3 ml of concentrated sulfuric acid was added dropwise at room temperature, and stirred for three hours. The reaction mixture was poured into ice water, and extracted with ethyl acetate. The combined organic layers were washed with water, a saturated aqueous solution of sodium hydrogencarbonate and a saturated sodium chloride solution, dried over magnesium sulfate, and then concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was subjected to silica gel column chromatography to give 2.3 g of 4-chloro-2-nitro-5-trifluoromethylphenol, 1.57 g of 4-chloro-2-nitro-3-trifluoromethylphenol.

Workup

  1. temperaturecooling
  2. extractionextracted with ethyl acetate
  3. washThe combined organic layers were washed with water
  4. dry with materiala saturated aqueous solution of sodium hydrogencarbonate and a saturated sodium chloride solution, dried over magnesium sulfate
  5. concentrationconcentrated under reduced pressure

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-7ef51ed9cfea4b25884e45e9d1c1b28c
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2012_08
Patent number
US08242133B2

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