Nitric Acid → 3-bromo-2-nitrothiophene

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Reaction Steps

7.4 ml of fuming nitric acid was slowly added to 92.1 ml of acetic acid under ice-cooling, followed by stirring for 10 minutes, and a solution of 52.1 ml of acetic anhydride containing 25 g of 3-bromothiophene was slowly added in such a manner that the bulk temperature did not exceed 10° C., followed by stirring at 10 ° C. for 2 hours. Ice was added to the reaction solution, and the resulting crystals were collected by filtration, and washed with water and diethyl ether/n-hexane=1/5 successively, to give 17.4 g of the title compound.

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