Water → 4-Chloro-2-fluorobenzoic acid

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Reaction Steps

A mixture of 2-fluoro-4-chlorotoluene (25.05 g), KMnO4 (55.04 g) and water (400 ml) is heated to reflux for about 5 hr. The reaction is then worked up by filtering while hot through Celite and the filtrate is acidified with 2 N HCl. White crystals are filtered off, dissolved in ether and washed with water and brine, dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and evaporated to yield 2-fluoro-4-chlorobenzoic acid.

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