Nitric Acid → HCID 21220416, compound

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In 8 ml of sulfuric acid was dissolved 2.0 g of 4-bromo-2,5-difluoro-3-methoxybenzoic acid, and 4 ml of nitric acid was dropwise added to the solution with ice-cooling, after which the resulting mixture was stirred at room temperature for one hour. The reaction mixture was added to a mixed solvent of 50 ml of diethyl ether and 50 ml of ice water, and the organic layer formed was separated, washed with a saturated saline solution and then dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The solvent was then removed by distillation under reduced pressure. To the residue thus obtained was added n-hexane, and the resulting crystals were collected by filtration to obtain 1.9 g of pale yellow, crystalline 4-bromo-2,5-difluoro-3-methoxy-6-nitrobenzoic acid.

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