Water → 3-Iodo-3'-(trifluoromethyl)biphenyl-4-ol

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To a solution of 3′-(trifluoromethyl)biphenyl-4-ol (Preparation 1, 2.17 g, 9.11 mmol) in acetic acid (20 mL) at 0° C. was added N-iodosuccinimide (2.05 g, 9.11 mmol). The reaction was allowed to warm to room temperature and stirred for 48 hours before the addition of water (20 mL). The reaction mixture was extracted with dichloromethane (2×20 mL) and the combined extracts were washed with saturated aqueous sodium thiosulfate solution, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, filtered and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (2%-20% ethyl acetate in heptane gradient elution) to afford the title compound (1.30 g, 39%).

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