Nitric Acid → HCID 54000109, compound

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1-Hexene (125 mL, 1.0 mole) and concentrated nitric acid (90 mL, 2.0 moles) were mixed at room temperature. With rapid stirring the solution was heated to 40° C. for 41/2 hours. With continued stirring the solution was cooled to room temperature and the organic layer separated. It was washed with a saturated sodium chloride solution then dried over magnesium sulfate. After filtering, vacuum distillation removed unreacted 1-hexene leaving one product, 1-nitro-2-hexene in 20.5% yield. This desired product was confirmed by IR and gas chromatography (GC) analysis.

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