Tetrahydrofuran → 2,4-Difluoro-5-sulfobenzoic acid

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Sodium borohydride (0.59 g, 15.6 mmol, 8 equiv) was added portionwise to a solution of 5-(chlorosulfonyl)-2,4-difluorobenzoic acid 885-6a (0.5 g, 1.9 mmol, 1 equiv) in 10 mL THF at 0° C. The reaction was stirred at this temperature for 1 h and then concentrated down and the residue acidified to pH 2 with 5N HCl. The precipitate was removed by filtration and the liquid concentrated down to provide 2,4-difluoro-5-sulfobenzoic acid 885-6b as a white solid (433 mg, 100% yield)

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