4-Tert-Butylaniline → 1-(1,1-Dimethylethyl)-4-fluorobenzene

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4-t-Butylaniline (14.9 g, 100 mmol) was suspended in aqueous hydrochloric acid (50 ml, 6M) at 5° C. Sodium nitrite (7.6 g, 110 mmol in 10 ml water) was added at such a rate that the temperature was kept between 5°-7° C. Following the addition the resulting solution was stirred for 15 min. and sodium tetrafluoroborate (15.4 g, 140 mmol in 30 ml water) was added at 5-8° C. The mixture was stirred for 15 min. 4-t-Butylbenzenediazonium tetrafluoroborate was filtered off, dried with suction and washed with diethyl ether to yield 20.96 g. This diazonium salt was decomposed by heating to 140° C. on an oil-bath. The product was distilled off at reduced pressure. Yield 11.15 g colorless oil.

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