Acetone → HCID 20301869, compound

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A mixture of 2,5-dinitrophenol (10 g), potassium carbonate (15 g) and acetone (100 ml) is stirred and n-propyl bromide (13.36 g) added to the mixture. The mixture is stirred at room temperature for 3 hours and then heated at reflux for 16 hours. More n-propyl bromide (6.68 g) is then added and refluxing continued for 96 hours. The mixture is filtered and the filtrate evaporated to dryness to afford a dark brown solid. This material is stirred with water (300 ml) and filtered. Recrystallization from methanol yields 8.9 g of 1-n-propoxy-2,5-dinitrobenzene, m.p. 52°-54° C. This compound (8.4 g) is reduced with hydrogen in a pressure vessel in the presence of methanol (250 ml) and 5% Pd/C catalyst (0.85 g) starting pressure: 3.36 kg/cm2, final pressure: 2.52 kg/cm2. The mixture is filtered and evaporated to dryness to afford 6.1 g of oily title compound, which is used in subsequent reactions without further purification.

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