Nitric Acid → n-(3-chloro-4-nitrophenyl)acetamide

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To fuming nitric acid (120 mL) at -50° C. was added N-acetyl-3-chloroaniline (30 g) over a period of 45 minutes. The reaction was kept between -50° C. and -30° C. using a dry ice/acetone bath. The reaction mixture was stirred for an additional hour and then poured into 1500 mL of crushed ice and water. The precipitate was filtered and slurried with 1 liter of slightly alkaline water (ammonium hydroxide) twice. The precipitate was then dried and recrystallized from toluene to yield (3.6 g) of N-acetyl-3-chloro-4-nitroaniline; m.p. 134°-136° C.

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