Acetic Acid → 2-Ethylamino-5-nitro-phenol

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2-Methyl-6-nitro-benzoxazole (12.25 g, 68.76 mmol) was dissolved in Tetrahydrofuran (500 mL) and Acetic acid (4.00 mL, 70.4 mmol) and was cooled at 0° C. Sodium tetrahydroborate (5.20 g, 138 mmol) was added over 10 min and the reaction was stirred at 0° C. for 30 min, then warmed to room temperature and stirred an additional 2.5 h. The undissolved borohydride was removed by filtration, and the filtrate conc. in vacuo to ˜100 mL. The filtrate was poured into water (800 mL) and neutralized with sodium bicarbonate powder. The aq. was extracted 3×200 mL DCM; the org. extract was washed with 100 mL water and 200 mL 1:1 brine:satd. sodium bicarbonate sol., then dried over sodium sulfate before being filtered through a ½″ h×2″ diameter plug of silica gel, washing with 500 mL 1:1 DCM:EtOAc. The filtrate was conc. to give 2-Ethylamino-5-nitro-phenol as a yellow solid (11.5 g, 92%)

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