Nitric Acid → 4-Chloro-2-nitro-3-(trifluoromethyl)phenol

HRID 1913719Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1913719 reaction equation
[Cl:1][C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][C:5]([OH:8])=[CH:4][C:3]=1[C:9]([F:12])([F:11])[F:10].S(=O)(=O)(O)O.[N+:18]([O-:21])([OH:20])=[O:19]>C(O)(=O)C>[Cl:1][C:2]1[C:3]([C:9]([F:10])([F:11])[F:12])=[CH:4][C:5]([OH:8])=[C:6]([N+:18]([O-:20])=[O:19])[CH:7]=1.[Cl:1][C:2]1[CH:7]=[CH:6][C:5]([OH:8])=[C:4]([N+:18]([O-:21])=[O:19])[C:3]=1[C:9]([F:10])([F:11])[F:12]

Participants

6

Reactant 3

HCID 944Nitric AcidHCID 1118Sulfuric Acid2×HCID 805204-Chloro-3-(trifluoromethyl)phenol

Product 2

HCID 581482394-Chloro-2-nitro-3-(trifluoromethyl)phenolHCID 668796884-Chloro-2-nitro-5-(trifluoromethyl)phenol

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 176Acetic AcidSolvent

Procedure

To a mixture of 5.0 g of 4-chloro-3-trifluoromethylphenol and 20 ml of acetic acid, 1.5 ml of concentrated sulfuric acid and then 2.6 g of 69% nitric acid were added dropwise while ice-cooling. To the reaction mixture, 3 ml of concentrated sulfuric acid was added dropwise at room temperature, and stirred for three hours. The reaction mixture was poured into ice water, and extracted with ethyl acetate. The combined organic layers were washed with water, a saturated aqueous solution of sodium hydrogencarbonate and a saturated sodium chloride solution, dried over magnesium sulfate, and then concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was subjected to silica gel column chromatography to give 2.3 g of 4-chloro-2-nitro-5-trifluoromethylphenol, 1.57 g of 4-chloro-2-nitro-3-trifluoromethylphenol.

Workup

  1. temperaturecooling
  2. extractionextracted with ethyl acetate
  3. washThe combined organic layers were washed with water
  4. dry with materiala saturated aqueous solution of sodium hydrogencarbonate and a saturated sodium chloride solution, dried over magnesium sulfate
  5. concentrationconcentrated under reduced pressure

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-7d3393a8247247c3b00f9827a90f3964
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2013_12
Patent number
US08609705B2

Reaction notes

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