Hydrochloric Acid → Sodium 4-fluorobenzene sulfinate

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A mixture of 4-fluorobenzenesulfonyl chloride (50.0 g, 257 mmol), sodium sulfite (48.6 g, 386 mmol), and sodium bicarbonate (108 g, 1.28 mol) in water was heated to 100° C. The resulting solution was stirred for 1.5 h at 100° C., then cooled to RT and acidified by careful addition of concentrated hydrochloric acid. The resulting precipitate was extracted with EtOAc (3×250 mL). The combined extracts were washed with brine, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated. Drying in vacuo gave the title compound of Step A as a solid (35.8 g). MS (APCl−) Calc.: 160.0, Found: 195.1 (M+35, Cl−adduct).

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