Nitric Acid → 4-Bromo-3,4'-dinitro benzophenone

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The crude (4-Bromo-phenyl)-(4-nitro-phenyl)-methanone (15 g, 49 mmol) was dissolved in 45 mL of dichloroethane and added dropwise via addition funnel to a mixture of concentrated H2SO4(aq) (21 mL, 392 mmol) and fuming HNO3(aq) (15.7 mL, 392 mmol). The mixture was stirred at 60° C. overnight. Subsequently the mixture was poured over ice water and allowed to stir resulting in precipitation of the product. The product was filtered and dried affording 78% yield of the desired (4-Bromo-3-nitro-phenyl)-(-4-nitro-phenyl)-methanone (13.1 g, 38 mmol).

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