Acetic Anhydride → 4'-Chloro-2'-fluoroacetanilide

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A solution of 4-chloro-2-fluoroaniline (5.0 g, 34.3 mmol) in acetic acid (3 mL) was treated with acetic anhydride (6.45 mL, 68.7 mmol) and stirred at RT for 2 h. The mixture was poured onto ice water, stirred for 2 h and the resulting solid collected via filtration and dried to afford N-(4-chloro-2-fluorophenyl)acetamide (6.12 g, 95% yield). 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6): δ 9.80 (s, 1H), 7.91 (t, J=8.7 Hz, 1H), 7.45 (dd, J=10.8, 2.4 Hz, 1H), 7.22 (d, J=8.9 Hz, 1H), 2.07 (s, 3H).

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