Nitric Acid → 4-Acetamido-3-nitrophenylsulphur pentafluoride

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4-Acetamidophenylsulphur pentafluoride (27.0 g) was added during 5 minutes to a stirred mixture of concentrated nitric acid and concentrated sulphuric acid (1 part:2 parts by volume) at 0-5° C. After 5 minutes acetic acid (1 part) was added and stirring continued at 5° C. for 1.5 hours. The mixture was added to ice/water, extracted (ethyl acetate) and the extract washed (sodium carbonate solution), dried (magnesium sulphate) and evaporated. The residue was triturated with ether to give 4-acetamido-3-nitrophenylsulphur pentafluoride (30.0 g), m.p.135-138° C.

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