Nitric Acid → HCID 20252275, compound

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Reaction Steps

3-Ethyl-1-pentene (15 mL, 0.11 moles) and concentrated nitric acid (9.6 mL, 0.15 moles) were mixed together at room temperature then with rapid stirring, heated to 70° C. for 4 hours. Heat was removed and stirring continued an additional 30 min. The organic layer was separated and washed with a saturated sodium chloride solution (3×15 mL) then dried over magnesium sulfate. After filtering, vacuum distillation (20 Torr, 28° C.) removed unreacted 3-ethyl-1-pentene. The remaining yellow oil contains 3-ethyl-1-nitro-2-pentene (12% yield) and a small amount of 3-ethyl-2-pentylnitrate. This was confirmed by IR and GC analysis.

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