Bromine → Hydrogen Bromide

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Reaction Steps

To 2-Amino-5-fluorobenzoic acid (5 g, 32.2 mmol) in chloroform (90 mL) was added bromine (1.82 mL, 35.4 mmol) in chloroform (10 mL) solution dropwise via an additional funnel. The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 16 hrs. and LC/MS showed about 50% conversion of the starting material. Additional bromine (1.8 mL) was added to the reaction and continued stirring for another 24 hrs. The resulting white precipitate was collected by filtration, washed thoroughly with dichloromethane and air-dried to give 2-amino-3-bromo-5-fluorobenzoic acid as its HBr salt. ES/MS m/z 234/236 (MH+).

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