Trifluoroacetic acid → 2-(3,5-Difluoro-4-nitrophenyl)acetic acid

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Trifluoroacetic acid (150 mL) was added dropwise over 20 minutes to a cold (0° C.) solution of tert-butyl (3,5-difluoro-4-nitrophenyl)acetate (83.33 g, 305 mmol) in DCM (300 mL). On completion of the addition, the reaction mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature and stirred for 3 hours. The reaction mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure to leave a sticky brown solid. Trituration with heptanes afforded the title compound as a yellow solid (53.29 g, 67% yield over two steps).

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