Nitric Acid → 1,2-Dichloro-3-methyl-4-nitrobenzene

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Reaction Steps

208 mmole concentrated nitric acid and 270 mmole concentrated sulfuric acid were mixed and cooled to ambient temperature. 200 mmole 2,3-dichlorotoluene was added to a reaction flask and was cooled in an ice-water bath. The acid mixture was added slowly with stirring to the dichlorotoluene keeping the dichlorotoluene in the ice-water bath. After all the acid had been added, the mixture in the ice-water bath was stirred for about 10 minutes. A drying tube was attached to the reaction flask and the reaction mixture warmed to ambient temperature. The reaction mixture was heated at 50° C. with stirring for three hours.

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