Ammonium Hydroxide → 2-Fluoro-4-nitroaniline

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A stirred solution of 3,4-difluoronitrobenzene (2.00 g, 12.57 mmol) in ammonium hydroxide (20 ml, 28% in water) was heated at 150° C. in a sealed flask for 3.5 hrs. The mixture was cooled to room temperature, and the resulting suspension was diluted in water, shaken for 15 min, the solid was isolated by filtration, rinsed with water, air-dried, and dried under high vacuum to afford title compound 337 (1.76 g, 90% yield) as a yellow crystalline solid. MS (m/z): 157.0 (M+H)+ and 179.0 (M+Na)+.

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