Nitric Acid → 2-(2,6-Difluoro-3-nitrophenyl)acetonitrile

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To a solution of (2,6-difluorophenyl)acetonitrile (5 g, 32.7 mmol) in conc. Sulphuric acid (15 mL) at −78° C. was added dropwise a solution of nitric acid (65%, 2.25 mL, 32.7 mmol) in conc. sulphuric acid (5 mL). On completion of addition the reaction mixture was poured onto ice and the precipitate that formed collected by filtration, washed with water and dried in vacuo to give the title product as a white solid (6.4 g, 100%). 1H NMR 400 MHz δ (CDCl3): 8.24-8.16 (1H, m), 7.17 (1H, ddd, J=9.6, 7.8, 1.9 Hz), 3.84 (2H, t, J=1.2 Hz).

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