Hydrochloric Acid → 2-Chloro-5-fluoro-4-methoxyaniline

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1-Chloro-4-fluoro-5-methoxy-2-nitro-benzene (16.3 g, 79.3 mmol) and Sn granules (29.1 g, 246 mmol) were suspended in water (200 mL). Concentrated HCl (79 mL, 952 mmol) was added dropwise over 20 min. The resulting mixture was heated to 55° C. for 3 h. The solution was cooled to room temperature and carefully quenched with 1 N NaOH. The thick mixture was filtered through celite eluting the ethyl acetate to give a clear solution which was extracted with ethyl acetate. The ethyl acetate layers were washed with brine, dried (Na2SO4), filtered and concentrated in vacuo to give 26 g (80%) of 2-chloro-5-fluoro-4-methoxyaniline: Crude 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 6.88 (d, J=8.3 Hz, 1H), 6.57 (d, J=12.2 Hz, 1H), 3.79 (s, 3H), 3.77 (br s, 2H). The crude material was pure enough to carry on to the next step.

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