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

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With ice cooling, 30 g of 5-chloropyridin-3-ol (232 mmol, 1 equivalent) were dissolved in 228 ml of concentrated sulphuric acid, and, at 0° C., 24 ml of concentrated nitric acid were added slowly. The reaction was warmed to RT and stirred overnight. The reaction mixture was stirred into an ice/water mixture and it was stirred for another 30 min The solid was filtered off, washed with cold water and air-dried. This gave 33 g (82% of theory) of the title compound, which were used without further purification for the next reaction.

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