Carbon Tetrachloride → 2-Fluorobenzoyl chloride

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To a stirred mixture, under nitrogen, of 3.0 g of 2-fluorobenzoic acid, 2-(2-fluorophenyl)hydrazide, 3.0 g of triphenylphosphine, and 25 ml of acetonitrile was added, dropwise, 1.6 g of carbon tetrachloride. The reaction mixture was stirred for 22 hours at ambient temperature and concentrated to an oil. Flash chromatography on silica gel, eluting with 25% ethyl acetate/hexane afforded α-chloro-2-fluorobenzaldehyde, (2-fluorophenyl)hydrazone as an oil.

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