Acetic Acid → 7-Fluoro-6-amino-2H-1,4-benzoxazin-3(4H)-one

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Iron powder (5.6 g) was suspended in 5% acetic acid (112 g), and a solution of 2,4-dinitro-5-fluorophenoxyacetonitrile (2.4 g) in acetic acid (48 g) was dropwise added thereto under reflux, followed by refluxing for an additional 1 hour. The reaction mixture was filtered, and the filtrate was extracted with ethyl acetate. The extract was concentrated, and the precipitated crystals were collected by filtration and washed with a mixture of hexane and ether to give 7-fluoro-6-amino-2H-1,4-benzoxazin-3-(4H)-one (1.3 g; yield, 71.7%).

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