Nitric Acid → 4-Fluoro-2-methyl-5-nitrobenzoic acid

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To a suspension of 4-fluoro-2-methylbenzoic acid (32.5 g) in conc. sulfuric acid (50 ml) was added dropwise conc. nitric acid (8.4 ml) at 0° C., and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 5 hours. The reaction mixture was poured into ice-water (500 ml), and the mixture was extracted with diisopropyl ether (300 ml), and the organic layer was washed with water, and a saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution, dried over sodium sulfate, filtered, concentrated under reduced pressure to give the title compound (40.0 g).

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