Sulfuric Acid → 8-Chloro-5-fluoroquinoline

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To a mixture of (5.0 g) 2-chloro-5-fluoroaniline (commercially available, 6.0 g), glycerol (6.0 g) and m-nitrobenzene sulfonic acid sodium salt (11.0 g), was added 20 ml of 70% sulfuric acid dropwise. The reaction temperature was raised to 140° C. for 2 hr. The mixture was then cooled, poured on ice water and filtered through celite. The filtrate was neutralized with NaOH and extracted with CH2Cl2. The combined organic layers were dried over anhydrous MgSO4 and concentrated on a rotary evaporator. The crude product was purified by flash chromatography on silica gel using 100% CH2Cl2 to give 3.7 g of the desired product of a yellow solid; MP=74-76° C.; MS (ES) m/z (relative intensity): 182 (M+H)+ (100).

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