Water → Diflunisal Isopropyl Ester

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CDI (972 mg, 5.99 mmol) was added to a solution of diflunisal (1.50 g, 5.99 mmol) in DMF (30 mL). The reaction mixture was stirred at 50° C. for 2 h and isopropyl alcohol (1.15 mL, 14.97 mmol) was dropwise added. The reaction mixture was stirred at 50° C. for 3 h and allowed to reach r.t. It was poured into H2O (50 mL) and extracted with Et2O (2×60 mL). The organic layer was washed with NaHCO3 (20 mL, saturated aqueous solution), dried over Na2SO4 (anhydrous), filtered and concentrated. The crude residue was flash chromatographed on SiO2 (15% EtOAc/hexanes) to furnish 720 mg of isopropyl 2′,4′-difluoro-4-hydroxybiphenyl-3-carboxylate (white solid, yield: 41%).

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