Nitric Acid → Methyl 2,6-Difluoro-3-nitrobenzoate

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Fuming nitric acid (11 g, 174 mmol) was added to a solution of methyl 2,6-difluorobenzoate (25 g, 145 mmol) in concentrated sulfuric acid (50 mL) at 0° C., and the reaction was stirred for 30 min at 0° C. The reaction mixture was poured over ice-water. The precipitate was filtered off by suction to give the desired product of Step B (25.1 g, 80.6%). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ ppm 8.13-8.20 (m, 1H), 7.02-7.10 (m, 1H), 3.93 (s, 3H).

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