Ammonia → 4-Amino-2,3,5,6-tetrafluorobenzoic acid

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A mixture of 10.0 g of 2,3,4,5,6-pentafluorobenzoic acid and 400 ml of nitromethane is saturated with anhydrous ammonia at room temperature and then placed in a bomb and heated at 100° for 20 hrs. The resulting solution is evaporated and the residue crystallized from chloroform-hexane to yield 4-amino-2,3,5,6-tetrafluorobenzoic acid as a white solid.

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