Potassium Nitrate → 2,3,4-Trifluoro-5-nitrobenzoic acid

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2,3,4-Trifluorobenzoic acid (2.5 g) was dissolved in concentrated sulfuric acid (15 ml). Potassium nitrate (1.62 g) was added to the solution under ice cooling. The temperature of the reaction mixture was (given back to room temperature to conduct stirring for 2 days. The reaction mixture was poured into ice water (300 ml) and extracted with ether (200 ml). An organic layer was dried and concentrated. Hexane was added to the residue to conduct filtration, thereby obtaining the title compound (3.06 g) as a pale yellow powder.

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