Nitric Acid → 1-Bromo-2,4-dimethyl-5-nitrobenzene

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1-Bromo-2,4-dimethyl-benzene (9 g, 48.6 mmol) was added to HNO3 (100 mL, 60%) at rt. The mixture was stirred overnight at rt. The mixture was poured into ice-water and extracted with EtOAc. The organic phase was then dried over Na2SO4 and concentrated to give 1-bromo-2,4-dimethyl-5-nitro-benzene (6.5 g) which was used in the subsequent step without purification.

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