Nitric Acid → 5-(Tert-butyl)-2-methoxy-3-nitrobenzoic acid

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A mixture of 2.3 ml 65% nitric acid and 2.6 ml 96% sulphuric acid is added dropwise to an ice-cooled solution of 5.00 g 5-tert-butyl-2-methoxy-benzoic acid in 15 ml 96% sulphuric acid. The solution is stirred for 1.5 h in the cooling bath and then for 1 h at ambient temperature. Then the solution is added to ice water, and the precipitate formed is filtered off and taken up in dichloromethane. The dichloromethane phase is dried (Na2SO4), and the solvent is eliminated completely.

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