Nitric Acid → 4-nitro-2-n-propylpyridine-N-oxide

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A mixture of 2-n-propylpyridine-N-oxide (137.2 g, 1.0 mol) in 200 ml of sulfuric acid (sp.gr. 1.84) was stirred in an ice-salt bath and 320 ml of nitric acid (sp.gr. 1.52) was added. The mixture was carefully heated to 70-72° C. and reacted for 22 hours. The reaction mixture was cooled and poured onto ice and, with stirring, neutralized with portions of sodium carbonate (500 g). The resulting precipitate was collected, washed with water and dried. The dried substance was slurried in 1 liter of dichloromethane and anhydrous sodium sulfate was added. The mixture was filtered and the solvent was evaporated. The yellow residue from evaporation of the dichloromethane solution was dried to afford 89.2 g (49%) of 4-nitro-2-n-propylpyridine-N-oxide. M.p. 89-91° C. 1H-NMR (CDCl3, 200 MHz) δ: 1.10 (t, 3H), 1.70 (sext, 2H), 2.94 (t, 2H), 7.96 (dd, 1H), 8.08 (dd, 1H), 8.30 (dd, 1H).

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