Nitric Acid → 4'-Nitrobiphenyl-4-yl benzoate

HRID 1722201Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1722201 reaction equation
[C:1]([O:9][C:10]1[CH:15]=[CH:14][C:13]([C:16]2[CH:21]=[CH:20][CH:19]=[CH:18][CH:17]=2)=[CH:12][CH:11]=1)(=[O:8])[C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][CH:5]=[CH:4][CH:3]=1.[N+:22]([O-])([OH:24])=[O:23]>C(O)(=O)C>[C:1]([O:9][C:10]1[CH:11]=[CH:12][C:13]([C:16]2[CH:21]=[CH:20][C:19]([N+:22]([O-:24])=[O:23])=[CH:18][CH:17]=2)=[CH:14][CH:15]=1)(=[O:8])[C:2]1[CH:3]=[CH:4][CH:5]=[CH:6][CH:7]=1

Participants

4

Reactant 2

HCID 944Nitric AcidHCID 2317434-Biphenylyl benzoate

Product 1

HCID 2596334'-Nitrobiphenyl-4-yl benzoate

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 176Acetic AcidSolvent

Conditions

Temperature
85 °C

Procedure

4-Benzoyloxybiphenyl (40 g) is mixed with 310 ml of glacial acetic acid and heated to 85° C. Fuming nitric acid (100 ml) is added slowly while maintaining the reaction medium temperature between 85°-90° C. After complete addition, the reaction is cooled to room temperature.

Workup

  1. temperaturewhile maintaining the reaction medium temperature between 85°-90° C
  2. additionAfter complete addition
  3. temperaturethe reaction is cooled to room temperature

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-facb9b0c68af41dd99989e7ac4cc6def
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1989_08
Patent number
US04855078

Reaction notes

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