The condensation of 2-fluoronitrobenzene (I) with cyclohexanol (II) by means of NaH gives 2-(cyclohexyloxy)nitrobenzene (III), which is reduced with H2 over Pd/C in methanol yielding 2-(cyclohexyloxy)aniline (IV). The acylation of (IV) with methanesulfonyl chloride (V) in pyridine affords N-(2-cyclohexyloxy phenyl)methanesulfonamide (VI), which is finally nitrated with concentrated HNO3 in hot acetic acid.