Sodium;3-oxidodioxaborirane;tetrahydrate → 3-Chloro-5-fluoro-4-nitrobenzonitrile

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Sodium perborate tetrahydrate (131 g, 851 mmol) in acetic acid (200 mL) was heated to 60° C. A solution of 4-amino-3-chloro-5-fluorobenzonitrile (29.02 g, 170 mmol) in acetic acid (500 mL) was added dropwise and the reaction was stirred at 60° C. for 16 h. The LCMS the indicated the reaction showed ˜50% conversion. Additional sodium perborate tetrahydrate (14.4 g) was added and the reaction stirred at 70° C. for 2 h. Then additional sodium perborate tetrahydrate (70 g) was added and the reaction was stirred at 80° C. for 5 h, followed by RT for 2 days. The reaction was then poured into ice water and extracted with EtOAc (3×). The combined organic extracts were washed with H2O (2×), brine, dried over MgSO4 and concentrated. When most of the acetic acid was evaporated, water was added to the residue. The orange precipitate was collected by filtration, washed with H2O and air dried to give the crude product as an orange solid. NMR showed the product contaminated with ˜10% of starting material. This product was used without any further purification.

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