Acetic Anhydride → N-(4-bromo-2-nitrophenyl)acetamide

HRID 2072745Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2072745 reaction equation
[Br:1][C:2]1[CH:8]=[CH:7][C:5]([NH2:6])=[C:4]([N+:9]([O-:11])=[O:10])[CH:3]=1.BrC1C=CC(N)=CC=1.[C:20](OC(=O)C)(=[O:22])[CH3:21]>[N+]([O-])(O)=O>[CH3:21][C:20]([NH:6][C:5]1[CH:7]=[CH:8][C:2]([Br:1])=[CH:3][C:4]=1[N+:9]([O-:11])=[O:10])=[O:22]

Participants

4

Conditions

Temperature
65 °C

Procedure

Preparation of 4-bromo-2-nitroaniline-4-bromoaniline (51.6 grams) and acetic anhydride (210 ml) were mixed under strong agitation. The temperature is raised to 65° C. in 10 minutes and slowly decreased to room temperature in one hour. An ice bath is used to maintain the temperature between 15°-20° C. and nitric acid (density 1.42, 30 ml) was added drop by drop in one hour. A yellow 4-bromo-2-nitroacetanilide was isolated by pouring the acetic anhydride solution into ice water followed by filtration. Hydrolysis of the acid acetanilide in aqueous hydrochloric acid (100 ml of concentrated HCL and 500 ml of water) at reflux temperatures for three hours yielded a 57% yield of 4-bromo-2-nitroaniline having the melting point of 109° C.

Workup

  1. additionwere mixed under strong agitation
  2. customAn ice bath is used
  3. temperatureto maintain the temperature between 15°-20° C.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-4c826a4887844833bf8dbe16506cc7dc
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1990_04
Patent number
US04914177

Reaction notes

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