Carbon Tetrachloride → 1-Nitro-3-chloro-4-trichloromethylbenzene

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2-Chloro-4-nitrotoluene (2.19 g, 0.0128 mole) and dichloride monoxide (4.46 g, 0.0513 mole) in carbon tetrachloride (50 ml) were heated at 75°/18 hrs following the procedure described in Example 6. The product was dried and the solvent removed to give 1-nitro-3-chloro-4-trichloromethylbenzene (3.49 g, purity by HPLC 99.40%, yield 99.2%) as a pale yellow oil. The product was distikled in a short path still (bp 82-85/2μ) to give a pale yellow oil.

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