Acetic Acid → HCID 21705158, compound

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A solution of concentrated sulfuric acid (10 mL) and glacial acetic acid (10 mL) was added to bis(4-fluorophenyl)-3-fluorophenylacetonitrile (3.18 mmol) at rt. The resulting orange solution was stirred and heated at 130° C. for 3 h. The reaction was cooled to 0° C., poured into ice water (50 mL) and neutralized with ammonium hydroxide. The organics were extracted with chloroform (3×50 mL). The organics fractions were combined washed with brine (2×20 mL), dried (Na2SO4) and concentrated under reduced pressure to afford a yellow-orange solid. The solid was stirred with hot hexane (50 ml) for 30 mins and filtered. Crystallization from dichloromethane/hexane gave the desired product bis(4-fluorophenyl)-3-fluorophenylacetamide 16 as a white crystalline solid (147 mg, 0.43 mmol, 11%, 4 steps).

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