2-(Trifluoromethyl)aniline → N-[2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]acetamide

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Commercial o-trifluoromethylaniline (13.5 g, 83.9 mmol) was dissolved in acetic anhydride (55 mL, 580.0 mmol) and stirred at room temperature for 1 h. Then the reaction mixture was poured into H2O, the whole was extracted with ethyl acetate (2×300 mL). The combined organic extracts were washed with 5% aqueous NaHCO3, brine, dried (K2CO3), filtered and concentrated to provide the title compound as a white solid (15.7 g, 92%).

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