Sodium Hydroxide → 2-(Trifluoromethyl)-1,4-phenyldiamine

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2-Amino-5-nitrobenzotrifluoride (51.6 g, 0.25 mole), manufactured by Marshallton Research Laboratories, Inc., was dissolved in 95% aqueous ethanol (100 ml) and 25% aqueous sodium hydroxide solution (20 ml) and was heated to gentle reflux. Zinc dust (65 g, 1.00 g atom) was added slowly (50 minutes) at a rate to maintain reflux without external heating. After one hour, the mixture was filtered hot and the filter cake was extracted with two 75 ml portions of hot ethanol. The filtrate, combined with the washings, was concentrated under vacuum producing dark crystals (42 g, 95% yield). These were recrystallized from methanol/methylene chloride.

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