5-fluoro-2-phenoxyaniline

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Conditions: temp:0.00; pressure:0.00; stir:

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Procedure: 5-fluoro-2-phenoxyaniline 3 (5.14 g, 25 mmol) was dissolved in pyridine (15 mL) in a dry flask. At 0° C., acetyl chloride (2.3 mL, 33 mmol) was slowly added to the reaction, which was then refluxed for one hour, and subsequently, concentrated by vacuum. The residue was purified via column chromatography (silica gel) using CHCl3 as the eluent to give N-(5-fluoro-2-phenoxyphenyl)acetamide 4 as white solid (5.6 g, 90%): 1H-NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ 8.29 (dd, J=10.5, 3.0 Hz, 1H), 7.74 (br s, 1H), 7.36 (t, J=7.5 Hz, 2H), 7.15 (t, J=7.5 Hz, 1H), 6.98 (d, J=7.5 Hz, 2H), 6.81 (2d, J=5.4, 5.1 Hz, 1H), 6.70 (2 dd, J1=J2=J3=J4=3 Hz, 1H), 2.17 (s, 3H). MS (GC) m/z 245(M., 100%) was then refluxed for one hour subsequently, concentrated by vacuum The residue was purified via column chromatography (silica gel)

Conditions: temp:50.01; pressure:0.00; stir:; See reaction.notes.procedure_details.

Procedure: A mixture of 5-fluoro-2-phenoxynitrobenzene 2 (15.2 g, 65 mmol) and PtO2 (131 mg) in MeOH (65 mL) was stirred at 50° C. for 5 hours under a hydrogen atmosphere. The mixture was filtered through celite. The filtrate was evaporated to dryness to yield 5-fluoro-2-phenoxyaniline 3 as brown oil (12.7 g, 97%): 1H-NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ 3.88 (br s, 2H), 6.40 (ddd, J=8.6, 8.6, 3.1 Hz, 1H), 6.53(dd, J=9.9, 3.1 Hz, 1H), 6.84 (dd, J=8.6, 5.5 Hz, 1H), 6.86-7.13 (m, 3H), 7.21-7.40 (m, 2H); MS (GC) m/z 203(M., 100%). The product was used in the next step without further purification. The mixture was filtered through celite The filtrate was evaporated to dryness

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Procedure: To stirred solution of 9.1 g (45 mmol) 1b, 15.8 g (45 mmol) 5a and one drop of glacial acid in 60 ml dichloroethane (pH=5) were added 14.8 g (70 mmol) sodium tris-acetoxy hydro borane. The reaction mixture was stirred over night and diluted with 5 ml water. The pH value was adjusted with aqueous sodium hydroxyd solution to pH=8-9. The mixture was extracted three times with dichloromethane. The combined organic phases were washed with water and brine and were dried with magnesium sulfate. The desired crude product 5b was obtained in 71% yield (17.2 g, 32.0 mmol) as yellow oil. The crude product 5b was used without further purification. The mixture was extracted three times with dichloromethane The combined organic phases were washed with water and brine were dried with magnesium sulfate

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Procedure: To stirred solution of 9.1 g (45 mmol) 1b, 12.3 g (45 mmol) 4a and one drop of glacial acid in 60 ml dichloroethane (pH=5) were added 14.8 g (70 mmol) sodium tris-acetoxy hydro borane. The reaction mixture was stirred over night and diluted with 5 ml water. The pH value was adjusted with aqueous sodium hydroxyd solution to pH=8-9. The mixture was extracted three times with dichloromethane. The combined organic phases were washed with water and brine and were dried with magnesium sulfate. The desired crude product 4b was obtained in 62% yield (12.9 g, 27.9 mmol) as yellow oil. The crude product 4b was used without further purification. The mixture was extracted three times with dichloromethane The combined organic phases were washed with water and brine were dried with magnesium sulfate

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Procedure: To stirred solution of 4.6 g (23 mmol) 1b, 6.3 g (23 mmol) 2a and one drop of glacial acid in 35 ml dichloroethane (pH=5) were added 7.4 g (35 mmol) sodium tris-acetoxy hydro borane. The reaction mixture was stirred over night and diluted with 3 ml water. The pH value was adjusted with aqueous sodium hydroxyd solution to pH=8-9. The mixture was extracted three times with dichloromethane. The combined organic phases were washed with water and brine and were dried with magnesium sulfate. The desired crude product 2b was obtained in 78% yield (8.5 g, 17.9 mmol) as yellow oil. The crude product 2b was used without further purification. The mixture was extracted three times with dichloromethane The combined organic phases were washed with water and brine were dried with magnesium sulfate

Conditions: temp:25.01; pressure:0.00; stir:; See reaction.notes.procedure_details.

Procedure: The atmosphere over a stirred solution of 11,6 g (50 mmol) 4-fluoro-2-nitro-1-phenoxy-benzene and catalytic amount of palladium on carbon in 150 ml iso-propanol at 20° C. was saturated with hydrogen. The reaction mixture was stirred vigorously at 25° C. for 8 h. The reaction mixture was filtered over celite. The filtrate was evaporated. 200 ml water and 200 ml dichloromethane were added. The organic phase was separated. The aqueous phase was extracted three times with 100 ml dichloromethane each. The combined organic phases were washed with 50 ml water and 50 ml brine. The organic phase was dried with magnesium sulfate and evaporated. The crude product 1b was used without purification. The desired crude product 1b was obtained in 94% yield (9.54 g, 47 mmol) as yellow oil. at 20° C. The reaction mixture was filtered over celite The filtrate was evaporated 200 ml water and 200 ml dichloromethane were added The organic phase was separated The aqueous phase was extracted three times with 100 ml dichloromethane each The combined organic phases were washed with 50 ml water and 50 ml brine The organic phase was dried with magnesium sulfate evaporated The crude product 1b was used without purification