Water → 4-Iodo-2,6-dimethoxyphenol

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To a solution of 50.0 g of (0.170 mmol) of 1-iodo-3,4,5-trimethoxybenzene in methylene chloride (500 mL) was added 24.96 g (0.187 mmol) of aluminum chloride. The mixture was stirred at 60° C. for 6 hours. After cooling in an ice bath, ice (200 mL) and water (300 mL) were added and the resulting mixture was stirred. The reaction mixture was filtered through Celite and the aqueous layer of the filtrate was extracted with chloroform. The organic layers were combined, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by chromatography on silica gel to yield crude crystals. The crude crystals were recrystallized from toluene-hexane, whereby 33.17 g of 4-hydroxy-l-iodo-3,5-dimethoxybenzene was obtained as a colorless crystalline powder (mp: 73.0 to 75.0° C., yield: 70%).

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