Butylamine → N-butyl-5-fluoro-2-nitroaniline

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Reaction Steps

To a stirred solution of 2,4-difluoronitrobenzene (50 mmol), Et3N (100 mmol) and DMF (80 mL) was added dropwise a solution of n-butylamine (51 mmol) in DMF (20 mL) at rt, and the mixture was stirred at rt for 5 h. The reaction was quenched by cold H2O (100 mL), and the resulting mixture was extracted with EtOAc (4×100 mL). The combined EtOAc extracts were washed with brine (3×60 mL) and dried (anhydrous Na2SO4). The solvent was removed in vacuo to afford the desired 2-n-butylamino-4-fluoronitrobenzene which was used for further transformation.

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