Sulfuric Acid → 4-Chloro-5-fluoro-2-iodophenol

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To a suspension of N-iodosuccinamide (6.1 g, 27.3 mmol) in glacial acetic acid (23 mL) was added 4-chloro-3-fluorophenol (4.0 g, 27.3 mmol) and after 5 minutes sulphuric acid was added (0.5 mL, 8.2 mmol) and the reaction mixture was left to stir at room temperature for 16 hours. The reaction was quenched by addition of water (30 mL) and the compound was extracted into dichloromethane (3×30 mL). The combined organic layers were washed with 10% sodium metabisulphite aqueous solution (2×20 mL), then saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulphate, filtered and evaporated in vacuo. The crude material was purified by flash column chromatography (silica, toluene) to afford the desired product as an oil (4.0 g, 54%).

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