Nitric Acid → 5'-Bromo-2'-hydroxy-3'-nitroacetophenone

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A solution of 5-bromo-2-hydroxyacetophenone (23.7 g, 0.110 mol) in carbon tetrachloride (90 ml) was added with concentrated nitric acid (17.2 ml). The mixture was left under stirring at 75° C. for 50 minutes, then left to cool at room temperature. The precipitated solid was recovered by filtration washing with cold carbon tetrachloride. After drying under vacuum, 20.9 g of the title product were obtained as a light yellow solid (73% yield).

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