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HRID 2274738Generated: November 1, 2026

Nitric Acid → 4-Hydroxy-3-methoxy-5-nitrobenzoic acid

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantNitric AcidHCID 944—
ReactantVanillic AcidHCID 8468—
SolventAcetic AcidHCID 176—
Product4-Hydroxy-3-methoxy-5-nitrobenzoic acidHCID 1552793940%

Reaction Steps

The process of Example 1a was scaled up to employ vanillic acid (375 g) in acetic acid (3940 g) to which was added nitric acid (65%, 245 g) at 12° C. over 3 hours followed by stirring for one hour. The overall yield was 40% of a 99.9% pure product.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS09126988B2
Source datasetuspto-grants-2015_09
ORD IDord-b1952745399d466ca3a3d2d2fc814c7b
Source noteuspto-grants-2015_09