Nitric Acid → HCID 178474501, compound

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A solution of N-1H-pyrazol-3-ylacetamide (Liebigs annalen der chemie., 1967, 707, 147; 0.500 g, 4.0 mmol) was stirred in a mixture of nitric acid (d=1.52, 0.2 ml, 4.8 mmol) and sulphuric acid (d=1.83, 2 ml) at 0° C. for 2.5 hours. The mixture was poured onto ice and the resultant precipitate was filtered, washed with water and then a 2:1 mixture of diethyl ether:methanol and then with diethyl ether. The residue was dried in vacuo to give N-(4-nitro-1H-pyrazol-3-yl)acetamide (0.44 g, 65% yield):

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