Potassium Nitrate → 2-Chloro-4-fluoro-5-nitrobenzaldehyde

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A stirred solution of 2-chloro-4-fluorobenzaldehyde (1.0 g, 6.3 mmol) in conc. sulphuric acid (8 ml) at 0° C. under argon was treated portionwise with potassium nitrate (0.70 g, 6.9 mmol) and maintained at 0° C. for 30 minutes, before warming to room temperature over 1.5 hrs. The reaction mixture was added to well stirred ice/water (100 ml) and then extracted with ethyl acetate. The extract was dried and concentrated to leave the title compound as a pale yellow oil (1.15 g, 90%).

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