Nitric Acid → 4-Chloro-2-methyl-3-nitrobenzoic acid

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To fuming nitric acid (20.4 mL, 410 mmol) was slowly added dropwise 4-chloro-2-methylbenzoic acid (5.0 g, 29.3 mmol) while maintaining the temperature of the reaction mixture at 5-10° C. The reaction solution was stirred at 0-5° C. for 1 hr, and poured into ice. The precipitated solid was recovered, washed with water, and dried under reduced pressure to give 4-chloro-2-methyl-3-nitrobenzoic acid (6.14 g, purity 33%) as a crudely purified product.

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