Sodium Hydroxide → 3-Fluoro-2-iodophenylhydrazine Hydrochloride

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2-Iodo-3-fluoroaniline hydrochloride (5.7 g, 0.021 mol) was stirred in 7.4 mL of concentrated HCl and cooled to -10° C. An aqueous solution of sodium nitrite (1.63 g, 0.024 mL) in 5 mL water was added dropwise over a 20 minute period, stannous chloride (9.95 g, 0.044 mol) in 12 mL of 6N HCl added at -5° C., warmed to room temperature and stirring continued for 4 hours. The reaction mixture was cooled to 0° C., and made basic with 50% NaOH (pH 10-11), extracted with ether, washed with water, brine, dried (MgSO4), filtered and concentrated to give the hydrazine. Addition of ethereal HCl (pH 1-2) gave 4.6 g of the title compound, m.p. 165°-167° C.

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