Potassium thiocyanate → (2-Bromo-4,6-dinitro-phenyl) thiocyanate

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Reaction Steps

To a stirred solution of 1,2-dibromo-3,5-dinitrobenzene (723 g, 2.22 mol) in MeOH (7.5 L) at rt was added potassium thiocyanate (431 g, 4.44 mol) and the resulting reaction mixture stirred under a nitrogen atmosphere for 16 h. The reaction mixture was then filtered and washed with methanol. The filtrate was concentrated at 30-33° C. under reduced pressure. The residue thus obtained was purified over silica gel (2-6% EtOAc-hexane) to obtain the desired product (549 g, 81%).

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