Formic Acid → Formanilide

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2-Chloro-5-nitroaniline (43.1 g, 250 mmol), formic acid (250 mL) was stirred at room temperature for 5 h. The reaction mixture was concentrated in vacuo. The solid residue was taken up in water (350 mL), filtered, washed with water (×2). The solid residue was dried at 50° C. under vacuum to give a crude formanilide as a light brown amorphous. The crude formanilide, thionyl chloride (164 mL) and sulfuryl chloride (58 mL) was combined, and heated at 55° C. for 48 hr. The mixture was concentrated in vacuo. The residue was dissolved in petroleum ether, decanted from a precipitate and the clear solution was evaporated in vacuo to give the title compound (42.2 g, 166 mmol, 67%) as a light brown amorphous.

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