Acetic Acid → n-(1-Ethoxy)cyclopropyl-3,4-difluoro-2-methoxyaniline

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Into a 200-ml four-necked flask provided with a reflux condenser, a thermometer and a stirrer were fed 7.96 g (0.05 mol) of 3,4-difluoro-2-methoxyaniline, 40 g (0.67 mol) of acetic acid and 100 ml of ethanol. To the resulting mixture being stirred at room temperature was dropwise added 9.24 g (0.053 mol) of 1-ethoxy-1-trimethylsilyloxycyclopropane. The resulting mixture was placed on an oil bath and refluxed at 80° C. for 3 hours with stirring, in a nitrogen current. The resulting reaction mixture was concentrated under aspirator vacuum by the use of a rotary evaporator. Lastly, the acetic acid remaining in the resulting residue was removed by the use of a vacuum pump to obtain 11.5 g of an oily substance. This oily substance was subjected to vacuum distillation to obtain 10.1 g (yield: 83.0%) of N-(1-ethoxy)cyclopropyl-3,4-difluoro-2-methoxyaniline.

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