Sulfuric Acid → 2,4,5-Trifluoro-3-methylbenzoic acid

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A mixture of 2,4,5-trifluoro-3-methylbenzamide (0.38 g) in 18N sulfuric acid (3 ml) was stirred on an oil bath (100° to 110° C.) for 2 hours. After cooling, to the reacting mixture was added ice-water (10 ml), the resulting precipitate was collected by filtration and recrystallized from hexane to give the title compound (0.30 g) as colorless needles, mp 103°-105° C.

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