Sodium Carbonate → 2,4-Difluoro-5-iodobenzoic acid

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2,4-Difluorobenzoic acid 10 (45.0 g, 285 mmol) was dissolved in concentrated sulfuric acid (360 mL) at 0° C. and N-iodosuccinimide (NIS, 64 g, 284 mmol) was added in portions at 0° C. The mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature (rt) and stirred 4 hours (h). The mixture was poured into ice water (approximately 1000 mL) and 10% aqueous sodium carbonate solution (80 mL) was added. After the mixture was stirred for 0.5 h, the precipitate was filtered, washed with water (approximately 2000 mL), then dried at 50° C. in a convection oven for 2 days to provide 76.3 g (94%) of 11 as a gray solid.

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