Ammonium Chloride → 3-Bromo-5-(difluoromethyl)aniline

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Iron (1.99 g, 35.7 mmol) was added to a vigorously stirred mixture of 1-bromo-3-(difluoromethyl)-5-nitrobenzene (1.80 g, 7.14 mmol) and NH4Cl (0.191 g, 3.57 mmol) in ethanol (30 mL) and water (15 mL). The mixture was heated to 95° C. for 2 h. It was then diluted with ethyl acetate while still hot and filtered over Celite. The filtrate was washed with dilute aqueous NaHCO3 and brine. After solvent evaporation the residue was purified through a silica plug, eluting with 1:5 ethyl acetate:hexanes to yield 3-bromo-5-(difluoromethyl)aniline (1.3 g, 5.86 mmol, 82%).

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