Nitric Acid → 2-acetamido-3-methyl-5-nitrobenzoic acid

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To a mixture of 0.72 g of 2-acetylamino-3-methylbenzoic acid and 8 ml of concentrated sulfuric acid was added dropwise 1.6 g of fuming nitric acid at room temperature. The resulting mixture was stirred at room temperature for 2 hours. The reaction mixture was poured into ice water. A deposited precipitate was collected by filtration to obtain 0.45 g of 2-acetylamino-3-methyl-5-nitrobenzoic acid of the formula:

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