Potassium Nitrate → 1-Bromo-5-fluoro-4-nitro-2-(trifluoromethyl)benzene

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A stirred solution of 2-bromo-4-fluorobenzotrifluoride (1.0 g, 4.1 mmole) in concentrated sulphuric acid (10 ml) at 0° C. was treated portionwise with KNO3 (0.46 g, 4.6 mmole) and maintained at 0° C. for 0.5 hr before warming to room temp. over 2 hr. The mixture was added to well stirred ice/water (100 ml) and then extracted with ethyl acetate. The extract was dried and concentrated under vacuum to afford the title compound as a yellow solid (1.2 g, 100%). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ: 7.75 (1H, d), 8.45 (1H, d).

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