Ethyl Acetate → 4-Bromo-3,5-dimethylphenyl trifluoromethanesulfonate

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Trifluoromethanesulfonic anhydride (2.0 mL) was added dropwise to a solution of 4-bromo-3,5-dimethylphenol (CAS No. 7463-51-6) (2.0 g) and TEA (1.94 mL) in DCM (20 mL) under ice-cooling over three minutes. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 30 minutes. Ice and ethyl acetate were added to the reaction mixture, and the organic layer was separated. The organic layer was sequentially washed with 1 N hydrochloric acid, water, a saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution and brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure. The resulting residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (ethyl acetate/n-heptane, 5%) to give the title compound (3.20 g).

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