Water → n-(2-Fluoro-4-hydroxyphenyl)acetamide

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Acetic anhydride (1.3 ml, 13.8 mmol) was added dropwise to a solution of 4-amino-3-fluorophenol (1.0 g, 7.9 mmol) in acetic acid (25 ml) at room temperature. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 2 h and water (2 ml) was added and the stirring was continued for 30 minutes at room temperature. The mixture was evaporated to dryness in vacuo. The yield of the crude product was 1.3 g (100%) and it was used without further purification.

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