Hydrochloric Acid → 4-Amino-2,3-difluoro-5-nitrobenzoic acid

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Ammonium hydroxide solution (˜30% in water) (35 mL, 271 mmol) is added to a solution of 2,3,4-trifluoro-5-nitro-benzoic acid 2 (15 g, 67.8 mmol) in 30 mL water at 0° C. with stirring. Upon completion of ammonium hydroxide addition the reaction mixture is warmed to room temperature with stirring. After 2.5 hours, the reaction mixture is cooled to 0° C. and concentrated HCl is carefully added until pH of reaction mixture is near 0. The reaction mixture is diluted with water (30 mL) and extracted with diethyl ether (3×50 mL). The combined organic extracts are dried (MgSO4) and concentrated under reduced pressure to give 14 g (95%) of pure desired product: MS APCI (−) m/z 217 (M−1) detected.

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