Dimethylformamide → 5-Fluoro-2-nitrobenzamide

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Into a 1-L 3-necked round-bottom flask, was placed 5-fluoro-2-nitrobenzoic acid (25 g, 135.06 mmol, 1.00 equiv), dichloromethane (400 mL) and N,N-dimethylformamide (0.1 g). This was followed by the addition of (COCl)2 (30 g) dropwise with stirring at 0-10° C. The resulting solution was stirred overnight at room temperature. The resulting mixture was concentrated under vacuum. The residue was dissolved in 200 mL of dichloromethane. To this was added ammonia (400 mL) dropwise with stirring at 0-10° C. The resulting solution was stirred for 2 h at room temperature. The solids were collected by filtration. This resulted in 20 g (80%) of 5-fluoro-2-nitrobenzamide as a yellow solid. 1H NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 7.71 (s, 1H), 7.81 (s, 1H), 8.00 (s, 1H).

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