Hydrochloric Acid → 5,6-difluoro-N1-(2-fluoro-4-iodophenyl)-3-methoxybenzene-1,2-diamine

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Concentrated HCl (20 mL) was added to a solution of (2,3-difluoro-5-methoxy-6-nitro-phenyl)-(2-fluoro-4-iodo-phenyl)-amine (I-3a: 8.0 g, 17 mmol) in THF (160 mL) and the resulting mixture was stirred for 5 minutes. This was followed by portion wise addition of zinc powder (6.8 g, 103 mmol) over a period of 30 minutes and stirring was continued for a further 30 min at room temperature. The reaction was monitored by TLC (20% ethyl acetate in hexane). The reaction mixture was concentrated and the concentrate was quenched with water and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with brine and concentrated. The crude product was triturated with ether and filtered. The residue was dried to afford 6.3 g of the product (85% yield).

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