Sodium Hydroxide → 2-Nitro-3-(trifluoromethyl)aniline

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To a solution of N-(2-nitro-3-trifluoromethyl-phenyl)-acetamide (0.9 g, 3.6 mmol) in ethanol (23 mL) was added an aq. solution of 20% aq. sodium hydroxide (4.5 mL) and the mixture was heated to reflux for one hour. After completion of the reaction, the reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature and the solvents were evaporated. The reaction mixture was then diluted with water (50 mL), extracted with ethyl acetate (2×25 mL). The combined organic layers were dried over sodium sulphate and concentrated to dryness to get the title compound as yellow solid (0.67 g, 95.54%).

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