Sulfamic Acid → 2-Fluoro-3-nitrobenzoic acid

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In a round bottom flask, 2-fluoro-3-nitro-benzaldehyde (15, 1.02 g, 6.03 mmol) is combined with sodium chlorite (1.26 g, 11.15 mmol), 60 mL of 1,4-dioxane, 20 mL of water, and sulfamic acid (4.47 g, 46.0 mmol) and the reaction is stirred at room temperature for 30 minutes. The mixture is poured into water and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer is washed with water, then brine, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered and the filtrate is concentrated under vacuum. The resulting material is purified on column chromatography, eluting with methanol and dichloromethane. Appropriate fractions are combined and concentrated under vacuum, then suspended in dichloromethane. The resulting solid is collected by filtration to provide the desired compound (16, 151 mg). MS (ESI)[M−H+]−=184.4.

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