Nitric Acid → 5-Fluoro-2-nitropyridin-3-ol

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With ice cooling, 5 g of 5-fluoropyridin-3-ol (44 mmol, 1 equivalent) were dissolved in 43 ml of concentrated sulphuric acid, and, at 0° C., 2.8 ml of concentrated nitric acid were added over a period of 5 min. The reaction was warmed to RT, and stirring was continued overnight. The mixture was added to 100 g of ice and stirred for 30 min. The solid obtained was filtered off and dried under reduced pressure. This gave 5.6 g (81% of theory) of the title compound, which were used without further purification for the next reaction.

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