Nitric Acid → HCID 67184092, compound

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Methyl 3-[(dimethylamino)diazenyl]thiophene-2-carboxylate (2 g, 9.38 mmol) was added slowly for 15 min at 0 to −5° C. to concentrated sulfuric acid (20 mL). Then concentrated nitric acid (0.54 mL, 70%, 10.7 mmol) was added to the above reaction mixture for 10 min and stirred at the same temperature for 1 h and rt for 16 h. The mixture was poured into ice cooled water and basified with ammonium hydroxide. The solution was extracted with chloroform (3×100 mL) and the combined organic layer was washed with water, brine and dried over sodium sulfate. The solution was filtered and evaporated the solvent. The residue was chromatographed over silica gel column using hexane-ethyl acetate (80:20) as eluents to give the product as a yellow color solid (450 mg, 26%), mp 128-130° C.

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