Aniline → 5-Fluoro-2-nitro-N-phenylaniline

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Reaction Steps

To a solution of aniline (30.1 mL, 0.33 mol) in THF (300 mL) at −78° C. was added LiHMDS (408 mL, 1 M in THF, 0.41 mmol) at such a rate that T≦−65° C. The reaction mixture was stirred at −78° C. for 30 min and was then added to a solution of 2,4-difluoronitrobenzene (50 g, 0.31 mol) in THF (200 mL) at −78° C. at such a rate that T≦−65° C. The mixture was stirred at −78° C. for 2 h. The reaction mixture was diluted with water (300 mL) and EtOAc (300 mL) and the emulsion which formed filtered through Celite®. The layers were separated and the aqueous fraction extracted with EtOAc (3×100 mL). The combined organic extracts were washed with brine, dried (MgSO4) and concentrated in vacuo. The resultant residue was stirred with pentane (300 mL) for 16 h then filtered to give the title compound as a tan solid. (50 g, 68%). 1H NMR 400 MHz (CDCl3) δ: 9.64 (1H, br s), 8.26 (1H, dd, J=9.5, 6.0 Hz), 7.49-7.42 (2H, m), 7.32-7.25 (3H, m), 6.80 (1H, dd, J=11.3, 2.5 Hz), 6.51-6.45 (1H, m)

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