Synthesis of Some Substituted Difluoronitroacetanilides and Their Reduction to Substituted N-Difluoronitroethylanilines

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0022-1139(00)82254-X

The synthesis of difluoronitroacetanilide and its p-methyl and m-methoxyl derivatives and their reduction by diborane in tetrahydrofuran to the corresponding H-difluoronitroethylanilines is described.Yields on the acetanilides ranged from 13 to 43 percent