3-Fluoroaniline → 2-bromo-N-(3-fluorophenyl)acetamide

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Reaction Steps

To a suspension of sodium bicarbonate (1 g) and 3-fluoroaniline (0.46 g) in dichloromethane (100 mL) was added 2-bromoacetyl bromide (0.36 mL) by dropwise addition. After stirring overnight the reaction mixture was washed with water, dried with magnesium sulfate and evaporated to yield the sub-titled compound (1.07 g).

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