Water → HCID 54370116, compound

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To a solution of 2,4-difluoronitrobenzene (300.0 g, 1.89 mol) and 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol (245.0 g, 2.45 mol) in toluene (600 mL) was added sodium hydroxide (90.5 g, 2.26 mol) in portions over 30 min to keep the temperature between 30 and 40° C. After the temperature had dropped to 30° C., the reaction mixture was heated to 45-50° C. using an oil bath for additional 16 h. After cooling, water (500 mL) and 2.5 NH2SO4 (200-300 mL, for adjustment of pH to 5) were added and the organic layer was separated. The water layer was extracted with EtOAc (2×300 mL). The combined organic layers were washed with saturated sodium chloride solution (100 mL) and dried over magnesium sulfate. The solvent was evaporated to give a yellow oil, which solidified after 30 min to give a yellowish solid (450.0 g, quantitative). The crude product was used in the next step without purification. 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3/TMS): δ 8.03-7.98 (m, 1H), 6.93-6.82 (m, 2H), 4.49 (q, J=7.7 Hz, 2H). 13C NMR (75 MHz, CDCl3/TMS): δ 165.0 (d, 1JCF=259.6 Hz), 152.3 (d, 3JCF=13.1 Hz), 128.2 (d, 3JCF=11.9 Hz), 122.4 (d, 1JCF=273.4 Hz), 110.1 (d, 2JCF=22.5 Hz), 105.9 (q, 1JCF=242.6 Hz), 104.3 (d, 2JCF=26.1 Hz), 67.6 (q, 1JCF=36.7 Hz).

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