Acetonitrile → 4-Bromo-2,3-difluoroaniline

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The procedure for preparing this compound was based on that described in International Patent Publication No. WO 2010/091272. To a 100 mL round bottom flask, 2,3-difluoroaniline (1 g, 0.0077 mol) and ACN (30 mL) were added. To the flask was added the solution of tetrabutylammonium tribromide (3.71 g, 0.0077 mol, in 10 mL of ACN). The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 3 h. The reaction mass was diluted with water and extracted with ethyl acetate. The ethyl acetate layer was washed with brine and evaporated under reduced pressure to get the crude product. The crude product was purified by column chromatography using 60-12 silica gel and 30% ethyl acetate in hexane to get the title compound [0.55 g, 34%]. The obtained product was immediately taken to the next step.

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