Methyl chloroacetate → Glycine, N-(3-fluorophenyl)-, methyl ester

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3-Fluoroaniline (55.5 g), methyl chloroacetate (44 ml), and sodium acetate trihydrate (114 g) were treated according to the method of Intermediate 1 to give a solid (50 g), a small sample of which (ca. 1 g) was purified by FCC eluting with System B (1:3) to give a solid which was recrystallised from petroleum ether (60°-80°) to give the title compound, m.p. 68°-69°.

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