1,2-Dichloroethane → 4-fluoro-3-nitro-N-methylbenzamide

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4-Fluoro-3-nitrobenzoic acid (3.00 g, 16.2 mmoles) was dissolved in dichloromethane (100 mL) and cooled in an ice bath to 0–5° C. EDC (3.73 g, 19.5 mmoles) was added followed by dropwise addition of methylamine solution (8.1 mL, 16.2 mmoles, 2.0 M solution in THF). The mixture was allowed to slowly warm to room temperature and stirred for 2 h. The mixture was then diluted with ethyl acetate and washed successively with 1 M HCl, saturated aqueous NaHCO3 and brine. The organic extracts were dried over MgSO4, filtered and concentrated in vacuo to leave 4-fluoro-3-nitro-N-methylbenzamide as a yellow solid (2.94 g, 91%) which was used directly in the next step.

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