Sodium Iodide → 4-Iodomethyl benzoic acid tert-butyl ester

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Sodium iodide (229.2 g) was added to a solution of 4-chloromethyl benzoic acid tert-butyl ester (315.2 g) in acetone (1.5 L). The reaction mixture was heated to reflux for about 2 h and then allowed to cool to room temperature. The precipitate was removed by filtration and the filtrate concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was partitioned between water (500 mL) and MTBE (1500 mL). The organic phase was washed with saturated sodium bicarbonate and dried over magnesium sulfate. Concentration under reduced pressure afforded 442.2 g (97% yield) dark oil. HNMR: CDCl3, 1.59 ppm (s, 9H), 4.47 (s, 2H), 7.42 (d, 2H), 7.91 (d, 2H)

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