Toluene → 3-Bromo-4-fluorobenzaldehyde

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Reaction Steps

2 g of palladium/activated carbon (5% by weight of Pd) and 350 g of toluene are heated for 1 hour at 75° C. in a three-necked flask equipped with a gas inlet tube, a reflux condenser and a stirrer while water gas (CO:H2 =1) is being passed through. 70.0 g of 3-bromo-4-fluorobenzoyl chloride prepared as in Example 3 were then added and hydrogen was passed in instead of water gas. The temperature was increased to 85° C. After 4 hours 95% of the amount of hydrogen chloride expected had been split off. After cooling down, the reaction mixture was filtered and the filtrate was distilled off. 53 g of 3-bromo-4-fluorobenzaldehyde, boiling point 112° C./20 mbars, nD30 1.5685 and melting point: 30° C., were obtained.

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