The usual method for the preparation of fluoro-substituted aromatic amines consists in the diazotization of nitro-substituted aromatic amines, precipitation and decomposition of the diazonium borofluorides (Schiemann reaction), and reduction of the nitro group in the nitrofluoro compounds obtained. However, the decomposition of these diazonium borofluorides is "tempestuous and unorderly, and special methods are required for handling them" (1). In addition, the over-all yields in this reaction are generally unsatisfactory; they range from to 50%. Following occasional observations in the literature (2), the behavior of monoacetyl diamines in the diazotization and the Schiemann reaction was investigated. It was found that the m-and ^-representatives of this series can be diazotized easily, without loss of the acetyl group, and that the Schiemann reaction can be applied to the diazonium compounds formed. Decomposition of the diazonium borofluorides proceeds smoothly and gives the N-acetyl derivatives of the desired fluoroaromatic amines in satisfactory yield. Thus, the following compounds have been prepared (the figures in parenthesis indicate the over-all yield): p-fluoroacetanilide from V-acetyl-p-phenylenediamine (82%); m-fluoroacetanilide from V-acetyl-m-phenylenediamine (75%); 4-fiuoro-4'-acetamidobiphenyl from V-acetylbenzidine (62%); 4-fluoro-4'-acetamido-3,3'-dimethoxybiphenyl from V-acetyl-o-dianisidine (37 %); 4'-fluoro-2-acetamidobiphenyl from 4'-amino-2-acetamidobiphenyl (59%); 4-fluoro-1 -acetamido-