Ammonium Chloride → 4',5'-Diamino-2'-fluorobiphenyl-4-carbonitrile

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To a mixture of 4′-amino-2′-fluoro-5′-nitrobiphenyl-4-carbonitrile (Preparation 90, 0.5 g, 2 mmol) and zinc dust (0.78 g, 12 mmol) in methanol (10 mL) was added ammonium chloride (0.41 g, 8 mmol) and the reaction was stirred at room temperature for 3 hours. The reaction was filtered through celite washing through with methanol (40 mL). The filtrate was concentrated to afford a solid that was purified using silica gel column chromatography eluting with EtOAc:heptanes 1:1 to afford the title compound as a brown solid (0.45 g, 99%).

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