Nitric Acid → 4-Bromo-6-fluoro-3-methyl-2-nitrophenol

HRID 1912639Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1912639 reaction equation
[Br:1][C:2]1[C:7]([CH3:8])=[CH:6][C:5]([OH:9])=[C:4]([F:10])[CH:3]=1.[N+:11]([O-])([OH:13])=[O:12]>C(O)(=O)C.C(Cl)(Cl)Cl>[Br:1][C:2]1[CH:3]=[C:4]([F:10])[C:5]([OH:9])=[C:6]([N+:11]([O-:13])=[O:12])[C:7]=1[CH3:8]

Participants

5

Procedure

To a solution of 4-bromo-2-fluoro-5-methylphenol (1.26 g, 6.15 mmol) in acetic acid (4 mL) and chloroform (2 mL) was added concentrated nitric acid (0.392 mL, 6.15 mmol) at −10° C. and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 18 hours and then at 50° C. for 20 minutes (−50% desired product). The reaction mixture was diluted with ethyl acetate, then washed with water and saturated brine. The organic layer was separated, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, concentrated and purified on silica gel (0-15% ethyl acetate/n-hexane) to afford 4-bromo-6-fluoro-3-methyl-2-nitrophenol (0.69 g, 2.76 mmol, 44.9% yield) as a yellow solid. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CHLOROFORM-d) d=7.57 (d, 1 H), 2.54 (d, J=1.2 Hz, 3 H); LC/MS (m/z) ES−: 247.96 (M−1).

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-06b8712e77f3447dbc4d981c129a2bdd
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2013_12
Patent number
US08609653B2

Reaction notes

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