Nitric Acid → 2-Nitro-4-(trifluoromethoxy)phenol

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53.4 g (0.3 mol) of 4-trifluoromethoxyphenol were allowed to drop at 25° C. in the course of 30 minutes into 75 ml of 30% strength nitric acid. The mixture was subsequently stirred for 2 hours at 25° C. and then poured into 500 ml of ice water, and the organic phase was separated off. Distillation of the latter yielded 56 g of product having a boiling point of 102° to 103° C. at 26 mbar, which corresponds to a yield of 83% of theory.

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