Nitric Acid → 5-Bromo-2-methyl-4-nitropyridine 1-oxide

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5-Bromo-2-methylpyridine 1-oxide (5.36 g) was added to a mixture of conc. nitric acid (10.1 mL) and conc. sulfuric acid (8.94 mL), and the mixture was stirred at 90° C. for 20 hr. The reaction mixture was poured into ice water, and the resulting pale-yellow precipitate was collected by filtration. The crude crystals were washed with water to give the title compound (3.83 g) as a pale-yellow solid. The filtrate was neutralized with 8N aqueous sodium hydroxide solution at room temperature, and extracted with a mixed solvent of ethyl acetate and THF. The extract was washed with water and saturated brine, and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure, and the residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (NH, ethyl acetate/hexane) to give the title compound (360 mg) as a pale-yellow solid.

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