Nitric Acid → 2-(5-Methoxy-2-nitrophenyl)ethan-1-amine

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To a solution of 2-(3-methoxyphenyl)ethylamine (1.51 g) in chloroform (30 ml), fuming nitric acid (specific gravity=1.52; 0.84 ml) and sulfuric acid (1.07 ml) were successively added dropwise under ice cooling and stirred under ice cooling for 3 h. Water and 2 N aqueous sodium hydroxide solution were added to the reaction mixture, which was extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with a saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution, dried with anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentrated under reduced pressure. The resulting residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (eluent, chloroform:methanol=9:1) to give 400 mg of the titled compound (yield, 21%)

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