Chlorosulfonic acid → 2-Fluoro-3-methyl-5-nitrobenzene-1-sulfonyl Chloride

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A dry reaction flask equipped with a stirring bar, a reflux condenser and nitrogen inlet was charged with 4-fluoro-3-methylnitrobenzene (25) (3.10 g, 20 mmol). To this at 0° C., was added dropwise chlorosulfonic acid (5.29 mL, 80 mmol) over a period of 15 minutes. After bringing the homogeneous solution to room temperature, it was stirred at 110° C. for 24 hours. The resulting slurry was then poured over ice water (100 gm), extracted with diethyl ether (3×75 mL), and the organic phase washed with water (75 mL), then dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. The solvent was then removed under reduced pressure to afford the corresponding sulfonyl chloride derivative (26), which was used further without purification.

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