Water → 3-Nitro-2,6-xylenol

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2,6-Dimethyl-3-nitrobenzenamine (10.4 g, 62.6 mmol) was dissolved in 75% sulfuric acid (200 ml). Mixture cooled to 0° C. and treated with a solution of sodium nitrite (4.53 g, 65.7 mmol) in concentrated sulfuric acid (25.0 ml). After the mixture had been stirred for 1 hour at this temperature, water (200 ml) was added and the mixture warmed to 60° C. until the evolution of gas ceased. The mixture was allowed to cool to room temperature and then filtered to afford 2,6-dimethyl-3-nitrophenol. MS m/z=168 (M+H)+. Calc'd for C8H9NO3: 169.18.

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