Sulfuric Acid → 2,4,5-Trifluoro-3-methylbenzamide

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A mixture of 2,4,5-trifluoro-3-methylbenzonitrile (0.50 g) in concentrated sulfuric acid (0.3 ml) was stirred on an oil bath (90° to 100° C.) for 1 hour. After cooling, to the reacting mixture was added ice-water (5 ml), the resulting precipitate was collected by filtration, washed with water sufficiently and dried to give the title compound (0.52 g), mp 105°-108° C. This crystals were recrystallized from hexane to give colorless crystals, mp 112°-113° C.

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