Phosgene → 6-Fluoro-1,3-benzoxazol-2(3H)-one

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To 5.0 g (39.3 mmol) 2-amino-5-fluorophenol in 150 ml of CH2Cl2 at 0° C. was added 13.4 (98 mmol) of potassium carbonate and 23 g (47 mmol) of 20 wt % phosgene in toluene. After warming to room temperature, the reaction was stirred an additional hour before pouring into 200 ml ice/water. The layers were separated and the aqueous phase was extracted with EtOAc (1×100 ml) before the organics were combined and dried over Na2SO4. The solvent was removed in vacuo to give 5.76 g (96% yield) of the desired product as determined by 1H NMR.

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