Ethyl Acetate → (3,5-Dinitrophenoxy)-acetonitrile

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3,5-Dinitrophenol (15.0 g) and 10.75 g of bromoacetonitrile were dissolved in 85 ml of 2-butanone and the solution was treated with 33.78 g of potassium carbonate. The heterogenous mixture was stirred and heated at 70° C. for 5 hours, cooled to room temperature, poured into ethyl acetate, washed with water, dried over magnesium sulfate, and evaporated. The residue was purified by silica gel chromatography eluting with dichloromethane/hexane (3:1) to give 11.24 g of (3,5-dinitrophenoxy)-acetonitrile as a light yellow solid.

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