Benzophenone imine → 3-Bromo-2-chloro-5-fluoroaniline

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3-bromo-2-chloro-N-(diphenylmethylene)-5-fluoroaniline. A mixture of 2,6-dibromo-4-fluoro-1-chlorobenzene (865 mg, 3 mmol), benzophenone imine (0.61 ml, 3.6 mmol), Pd2(dba)3 (137 mg, 0.15 mmol), sodium t-butoxide (432 mg, 4.5 mmol), (S)-BINAP (280 mg, 0.45 mmol), and toluene (30 ml) was heated at 80° C. for 16 h. The mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate and the combined organic phase washed with brine. The organic phase was dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated. The crude product was purified by silica gel flash chromatography (40:1 to 20:1 hexanes/ethyl acetate eluant) to provide the title compound as a powder. MS m/z 388.9 (M+1).

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