1-Chloro-4-nitrobenzene → p-Fluoronitrobenzene

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157 g of 4-nitrochlorobenzene, 200 g of dimethylsulfoxide, 62.7 g of potassium fluoride, and 2.49 g of (N,N-dimethylimidazolidino)tetramethyl-guanidinium chloride were placed in a 1 liter four-neck flask equipped with thermometer, anchor stirrer, and reflux condenser with bubble counter. The mixture was heated with stirring to 170° C. and kept at this temperature for 5 hours. The reaction mixture was then cooled to room temperature, water was added at a volumetric ratio of 1:1, the phases that formed were separated, and, from the organic phase, by fractional distillation at reduced pressure, 4-nitrofluorobenzene was obtained in a yield of 96% of theory.

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