Hydrochloric Acid → 2-Amino-6-trifluoromethylbenzyl chloride

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To 4.06 g (7.8 mmole) of 2-amino-6-trifluoromethylbenzyl alcohol in a pressure bottle was added 60 ml of concentrated hydrochloric acid, the bottled stoppered and immersed in an oil bath maintained at 100°. The mixture was stirred for 1.5 hr., cooled and the precipitate filtered under suction. The colorless solid was washed with water and dried under high vacuum, yielding 3.28 g (75% yield) of a colorless solid; mp 155°-161°. The sample was used as such without further purification.

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