Iodine → 1,3-difluoro-2-iodo-4-nitrobenzene

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2,4-Difluoro-1-nitrobenzene 15 (159 mg, 1.0 mmol) in THF (2 mL) was added to a solution of TMPZnCl.LiCl (2) (1.3 M in THF, 0.85 mL, 1.1 mmol) at 25° C. and the reaction mixture was then stirred at this temperature for 45 min according to TP 2. I2 (381 mg, 1.5 mmol) dissolved in dry THF (2 mL) was then dropwise added and the resulting mixture was stirred for 0.5 h. The reaction mixture was quenched with a sat. aq. Na2S2O3 solution (10 mL) and with a sat. aq. NH4Cl solution (20 mL), extracted with diethyl ether (3×50 mL) and dried over anhydrous Na2SO4. After filtration, the solvent was evaporated in vacuo. Purification by flash-chromatography (CH2Cl2/n-pentane, 1:1) furnished compound 17c (256 mg, 90%) as a colourless solid.

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