Nitric Acid → N-(2,6-dimethyl-4-nitrophenyl)acetamide

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

2,6-Dimethylaniline (30.2 g) was added slowly to acetic anhydride (200 mL) cooled to 0° C. over 10 minutes. After 30 minutes, acetic acid (40 mL) and fuming nitric acid (15 mL) were added to the reaction mixture and the cooling was removed. The reaction mixture was filtered after 1 hour and the crystals were washed with water and dried in vacuo to furnish 5.20 g (30% yield) of the title compound as a yellow solid. 1H NMR (500 MHz, DMSO-d6): 2.10 (s, 3H), 2.26 (s, 6H), 7.98 (s, 2H), 9.61 (s, 1H).

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