Potassium Nitrate → 5-nitro-1H-indazole-3-carboxylic Acid

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To a suspension of indazole-3-carboxylic acid (3.0 g, 18 mmol) in 18 mL of concentrated sulfuric acid at 0 C was added potassium nitrate (2.0 g, 18 mmol). The reaction was stirred overnight at room temperature, poured into 150 mL of ice and extracted three times with ethyl acetate (90 mL total). The combined organic layer was washed with brine, dried and concentrated to give (54) (2.9 g) as the major product.

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