Hydrochloric Acid → 2-Nitro-5-(2,2,2-trifluoro-ethoxy)-4-trifluoromethyl-phenylamine

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Commercially available 5-chloro-2-nitro-4-trifluoromethyl-phenylamine [CAS-No. 35375-74-7] (72.2 g, 300 mmol) was dissolved in DMSO (600 mL) and 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol (270 mL) were added at 23° C., the slightly exothermic reaction was cooled with a ice bath. KOH (85%, 99.0 g, 1500 mmol) were added slowly and the dark red reaction mixture was stirred at 23° C. for 4 days. Transferred into a 3 L flask and 1500 mL H2O were added under ice bath cooling, acidified with 3 N HCl and stirred at 23° C. for 3 h, filtered off the yellow precipitate, washed with H2O and dried in air at 60° C. to give the title compound as a yellow solid (89.47 g, 98%). MS (ISN) 303.1 [M−H].

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