Hydrochloric Acid → Benzenediazonium, 4-chloro-2-nitro-, chloride

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To a 500 mL three-necked flask fitted with a mechanical stirrer are added 134.2 g of concentrated hydrochloric acid and 60 g of 4-chloro-2-nitroaniline. After heating to 65° C., 106.6 g of water is added at which time the temperature is reduced to 0° C. Sodium nitrite (63.4 g, 40 wt %) is slowly added to the slurry while maintaining the solution at 0° C. The diazonium salt solution (281 g) is then filtered and stored at −15° C. until later use.

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