Formate → N-(2-Fluorophenyl)formamide

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Under argon gas, formate (6.1 mL) was added to acetic anhydride (15.5 mL) at 0° C. and the mixture was stirred at 50° C. for 2 hours. The reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature and diluted with tetrahydrofuran (10 mL). Tetrahydrofuran (20 mL) solution containing 2-fluoroaniline (5.56 g) was added into the diluent at room temperature and stirred at room temperature for 1 hour. A title compound having the following physical properties was obtained by concentrating the reaction mixture. The obtained title compound was used for the following reaction without further purification.

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