Sulfuric Acid → 2-Acetamido-5-nitropyridine

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To a hot solution of 2-amino-5-nitropyridine (1.4 g, 10 mmol) in acetic anhydride (5 mL) at 100° C. was added conc. H2SO4 (0.1 mL). The resulting mixture was heated at 130° C. for 2 h, cooled and partitioned between EtOAc (200 mL) and water (100 mL). The layers were separated and the aqueous layer was washed once with EtOAc (100 mL). The combined organic layers were washed with water (100 mL), saturated aqueous NaHCO3 (100 mL) and then brine (50 mL); dried over anhydrous MgSO4 and concentrated under reduced pressure to afford N-(5-nitropyridin-2-yl)acetamide (1.8 g, 98%), which was used without further purification. 1H-NMR-(CDCl3): δ 9.14 (1H, d), 8.50 (1H, dd), 8.40 (1H, d), 8.23 (1H, br s), 2.29 (3H, s).

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