Sodium Hydroxide → 3-(1,1-Difluoroethyl)aniline

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A mixture of 3.0 g (16 mmol) of 1-(1,1-difluoroethyl)-3-nitrobenzene, 18.0 g (80 mmol) of tin chloride dihydrate and 50 mL of ethanol is refluxed for one hour. The mixture is slowly poured on cooled water. The pH is adjusted to 7 by addition of an aqueous 10N solution of sodium hydroxide, then adjusted to 9 by addition of an aqueous saturated solution of sodium hydrogen carbonate. The product is extracted 4 times with ethyl acetate. The organic phases are combined, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure. The oily residue (2.2 g) is purified over 100 g of silica gel (eluant heptane/ethyl acetate 2/1) to give 1.7 g (68%) of 3-(1,1-difluoroethyl)aniline as an oil.

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