Urea → Benzenamine, 4-methoxy-3-nitro-

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To a stirred solution of 30.0 g (244 mmol) p-anisidine in 105 ml concentrated sulfuric acid at 0° C. was added 17.6 g (292 mmol) urea. After stirring for 1 h, a solution of 27.1 g (268 mmol) potassium nitrate in 47 ml concentrated sulfuric acid was then added dropwise over 1 h while the reaction mixture was maintained at 5-10° C. The mixture was then poured onto ice, and sodium hydroxide pellets added portionwise with stirring until the pH was 14. Ethyl acetate was then added and the phases were separated. The organic phase was washed with water and then with brine, dried over sodium sulfate, and concentrated in vacuo to afford 31.4 g (77%) 4-methoxy-3-nitro-phenylamine as an orange solid. EI-MS m/e (%): 169 (M+, 100), 153 ([M-CH3]+, 10), 92 (21).

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