Nitric Acid → 5-Fluoro-2-hydroxy-3-nitrobenzoic acid

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Reaction Steps

6.24 g (40 mmol) of 5-fluoro-salicylic acid is dissolved in 62.4 ml of acetonitrile with warming, the solution is cooled to 0° C. and, with this temperature being maintained a solution of 2.96 ml (44 mmol) of 65% HNO3 in 14.8 ml of acetonitrile is instilled. The reaction mixture is stirred for 24 hours at 0° C., then filtered over 7.5 g of silica gel 60 and evaporated to dryness 6.1 g =75.8% of the theoretical yield is obtained of the crude product, which is used in the next reaction without purification.

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