5-Fluoro-2-nitrotoluene → HCID 19692290, compound

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4-Fluoro-2-methyl-1-nitrobenzene (2.6 g) (available from Aldrich) and sodium benzenesulfinate (3.0 g) (available from Aldrich) were heated in N,N-dimethylacetamide (40 ml) at 50° C. for 16 h. After cooling the mixture was filtered, the filtrate collected and the solvent removed in vacuo. The residue was triturated with cyclohexane and the resultant precipitate collected by filtration to give the title compound as a white solid (3.5 g).

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