Nitric Acid → HCID 14722490, compound

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Fuming nitric acid (1.4 ml) was added dropwise to acetic anhydride (12 ml) under ice-cooling and then was added conc. sulfuric acid (0.1 ml). To the stirred mixture was added methyl 4-valerylaminobenzoate (2.3 g) under ice-cooling, followed by stirring for one hour. To the resultant mixture was added ice water, and the crystals separated out were recrystallized from ethyl acetate-hexane to give yellow prisms (2.14 g, 76%), m.p. 106-107° C.

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