Methanol → Methyl 4-amino-3-fluorobenzoate

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Into a 2000-mL round-bottom flask maintained with a nitrogen atmosphere, was placed a solution of methyl 3-fluoro-4-nitrobenzoate (98 g, 492.46 mmol, 1.00 equiv) in ethyl acetate:methanol=1:1 (1000 mL). Then Pd/C (10 g, 10 wt %, Degussa type) was added. The flask was fitted with a balloon of hydrogen, and the heterogeneous reaction mixture was stirred fo(16 h under a hydrogen atmosphere at 30°C. The catalyst solids were filtered off and the filtrate was concentrated under vacuum to give the deisred product methyl 4-amino-3-fluorobenzoate.

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