Nitric Acid → N-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-5-nitrophenyl)acetamide

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To a stirred solution of 375.2 g (2 mole) of N-(4-chloro-2-fluorophenyl)acetamide in 600 mL of concentrated sulfuric acid and 400 mL of oleum (30%) was added 166 mL of a 1:1 mixture of nitric acid (100%) and concentrated sulfuric acid at 0° C. over a period of 1.5 hours. After the addition was complete, the reaction mixture was poured into 11 L of ice water. The precipitate was filtered and the filter cake suspended in 200 mL of water. The solid was redissolved by the addition of 2 L of ethyl acetate and neutralized with aqueous NaOH to pH 7. The two phase mixture was heated to 50° C. and separated. The organic layer was washed with 150 mL of water. 200 mL of ethyl acetate were distilled off and the remaining solution was treated with 12 g of Celite® at 70° C., filtered and washed with another 200 mL of ethyl acetate.

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