2-Fluorobenzoyl chloride → 2-Fluorobenzoyl-aminoacetonitrile

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14.8 g Aminoacetonitrile hydrochloride was dissolved in 80 ml water. The solution was stirred while 25.37 g 2-fluorobenzoylchloride and a solution of 21.2 g sodium carbonate in 120 ml water were dropped simultaneously from two dropping funnels into it. The mixture was stirred overnight. The precipitate was filtered by suction and recrystallised from methanol plus water, filtered and dried.

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