Ethyl Acetate → Ethyl (3-iodobenzoyl)acetate

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Ethyl-3-iodobenzoate (25.4 g, 92.0 mmol) was dissolved in THF (60 mL) and cooled to 0° C. followed by the addition of KOt-Bu (20.6 g, 184 mmol). The mixture was stirred for 15 minutes followed by the addition of ethyl acetate (8.91 g, 101 mmol). The mixture was warmed to ambient temperature, stirred for 2 hours, diluted with aqueous HCl (10%, 200 mL) and extracted with ethyl acetate (2×150 mL). The combined organic layers were dried (Na2SO4), filtered and concentrated in vacuo to provide the titled compound (29.3 g, 100%).

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