Nitric Acid → 1-(4-Nitrophenyl)cyclopropanecarboxylic acid

Participants

Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

A stirred solution of fuming nitric acid (1.6 mL), at −30° C. and under nitrogen, was treated portionwise with 1-phenyl-cyclopropanecarboxylic acid (10 g). The reaction mixture was allowed to warm to 0° C., then stirred at this temperature for 2 hours and then poured into ice(100 g). The resulting solid was filtered, then washed well with water, then dried at 60° C. under vacuo and then recrystallised from toluene to give 1-(2-nitro-phenyl)-cyclopropanecarboxylic acid and 1-(4-nitro-phenyl)-cyclopropanecarboxylic acid (11.35 g). MS(ES−): 206 (M−H)−.

Provenance & Evidence