1,2,4-Trifluoro-5-nitrobenzene → N-Ethyl-4,5-difluoro-2-nitrobenzenamine

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To a stirred solution of 1,2,4-trifluoro-5-nitrobenzene (0.5 g, 0.0028 mol) in acetonitrile (5 ml) was added DIPEA (0.98 ml, 0.0056 mol) and 2-(tert-butyldimethylsilyloxy)ethanamine (0.49 g, 0.0028 mol) was added portion wise under cooling condition with constant stirring. The reaction mixture was allowed to stir at room temperature for 4 h. The reaction was concentrated and diluted with water (20 ml) and extracted with ethyl acetate (3×25 ml). The combined organic layers were washed with brine dried over Na2SO4 and concentrated in vacuo and purified by column chromatography on silica gel to afford the desired product N-ethyl-4,5-difluoro-2-nitroaniline. (37 as yellow solid. 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ: 8.37 (bs, 1H), 8.13-8.17 (dd, J=8.4, 8.4 Hz, 1H), 7.21-7.27 (dd, J=7.2, 7.2 Hz, 1H), 3.8-3.82 (t, J=5.2 Hz, 2H) 3.45-3.49 (m, 2H), 0.84 (s, 9H), 0.021 (s, 6H). MS (M+1=333).

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