Nitric Acid → HCID 56763846, compound

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Ethyl 5-chlorothiophene-2-carboxylate (2.7 g, 14.1 mmol) was added in portions to concentrated sulfuric acid (5 mL) and the stirred solution was cooled to below 0° C. with a methanol/ice bath. Fuming nitric acid (1.78 g, 1.2 mL, 28.3 mmol) was added slowly, keeping the temperature below 0° C. throughout the addition. On completion of addition the stirred mixture was removed from the cold bath and warmed to ambient temperature for 2 hours. The reaction was quenched by addition to ice/water (100 mL) resulting in formation of a sticky solid. The product was extracted into dichloromethane (2×100 mL). The combined organic extracts were dried (MgSO4), filtered and the solvent was removed to afford an orange oil. The crude material was purified by silica gel chromatography using a 95:5 mixture of hexane and ethyl acetate as eluent to afford the title product as a solid (2.23 g, 67% yield). 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ: 8.14 (1H, s), 4.37 (2H, q, J=7.11 Hz), 1.37 (3H, t, J=7.11 Hz).

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