Nitric Acid → N-(4-ethyl-2-nitrophenyl)acetamide

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A stirred solution of 4-ethyl-N-acetyl-aniline [3 g, Reference Example 33(a)] in acetic anhydride (8 mL) and acetic acid (4 mL), at −5° C., was treated dropwise with a mixture of acetic acid (1.75 mL) and concentrated nitric acid (1.22 mL). The mixture was warmed to 0° C., then stirred at 0° C. for 2 hours and then poured onto water. This mixture was evaporated and the resulting oil was partitioned between ethyl acetate and water. The organic layer was dried over magnesium sulfate and then evaporated. The residual oil was subjected to flash column chromatography on silica eluting with a mixture of ethyl acetate and petroleum ether (2:5) to give 4-ethyl-2-nitro-N-acetyl-aniline (1.4 g) as an orange solid.

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