Tetrafluoroboric acid → 2,4-Difluoro-3-methylbenzene diazonium tetrafluoroborate

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To 2,4-difluoro-3-methylaniline (20 g) are added 42% tetrafluoroboric acid (56 ml) and water (28 ml) under ice cooling and thereto a solution of sodium nitrite (10 g) in water (20 ml) is added dropwise at below 10° C. After dropwise addition, the mixture is stirred at 0° C. for 15 minutes and the formed crystals are filtered, which is washed with a mixture of ethanol--diethyl ether (1:2), then with diethyl ether, followed by drying under reduced pressure to give 2,4-difluoro-3-methylbenzene diazonium tetrafluoroborate (28.95 g), m.p. 114°-115° C.

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