Water → 2-Fluorobenzoic acid, 2-(2-fluorophenyl)hydrazide

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To a stirred solution, under nitrogen of 35.2 g of 2-fluorophenylhydrazine in 250 ml of dry pyridine, cooled in an ice bath, was added, dropwise, 36.7 ml of 2-fluorobenzoyl chloride. The reaction mixture was stirred at ambient temperature for 21 hours. Upon dilution of the reaction mixture with water a precipitate was formed. Attempts to separate the precipitate by filtration, washing with pyridine, resulted in the formation of an oil. That portion of oil which did not pass into the filtrate was dissolved in dichloromethane and concentrated in vacuo. Upon standing, the filtrate separated into aqueous and organic phases. Treatment of the organic phase with toluene resulted in the formation of a precipitate. Recrystallization of the combined product from toluene yielded 49.2 g of 2-fluorobenzoic acid, 2-(2-fluorophenyl)hydrazide.

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