Nitric Acid → HCID 19045250, compound

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A mixture of N-(4-acetyl-3-hydroxyphenyl)acetamide (9.66 g, 50 mmol) and acetic anhydride (14.2 ml, 15.3 g, 150 mmol) in dichloromethane (150 ml) was cooled to 5° C. and nitric acid (90%, d 1.49, 4.70 ml, 7.00 g, 100 mmol) was added dropwise. The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 1 hour, poured into water (150 ml) and extracted with dichloromethane (3×150 ml). The combined organic fractions were dried (Na2SO4) and evaporated under reduced pressure and the residue was purified by repeated flash column chromatography on silica gel, eluting with hexane/30% ethyl acetate then hexane/50% ethyl acetate. The first isomer to elute was N-(4-acetyl-5-hydroxy-2-nitrophenyl)acetamide as a yellow solid (3.87 g, 33%).

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