Lithium hydroxide, monohydrate → 3-Bromo-5-[(dimethylamino)methyl]benzoic acid

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Methyl 3-bromo-5-[(dimethylamino)methyl]benzoate (0.30 g, 1.1 mmol, from Step A) was dissolved in tetrahydrofuran (20 mL) and lithium hydroxide monohydrate (0.555 g, 13.2 mmol) in water (6 mL) was added. After stirring for 3 hours, the mixture was rotovapped to remove THF and reduce the volume of water. The mixture was diluted with an equivalent volume of acetonitrile and filtered. The product was purified via preparative HPLC-MS (C18 eluting with a gradient of MeCN/H2O containing 0.15% NH4OH). Solvent was removed from fractions containing desired product by rotary evaporation to afford a white solid. Yield: 0.26 g (91%); LC-MS: 258.0, 260.0 (M+H)+. 1H NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6): δ 7.86 (dd, 1H), 7.76 (dd, 1H), 7.43 (dd, 1H), 3.38 (s, 2H), 2.14 (s, 6H).

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