Potassium Iodide → 2,4-Difluoro-3-iodo-1,5-dimethoxybenzene

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To a stirred slurry of 2,6-difluoro-3,5-dimethoxyaniline (6.00 g, 31.7 mmol) in 6.0 M hydrogen chloride in water (54 mL, 324 mmol), a solution of sodium nitrite (2.30 g, 33.3 mmol) in water (12 mL) was added drop-wise over 15 min. at 0° C. After an additional 15 min., the result orange-red slurry was added to a solution of potassium iodide (21.0 g, 126 mmol) in water (30 mL) in small-portion at 0° C. The mixture was then allowed to stir at r.t. for 1 h. The precipitates were collected by filtration, washed with water, and dried under reduced pressure. The filtrate was neutralized with 6 N NaOH to pH˜7, and extracted with ethyl acetate (3×20 mL). The combined organic layers were washed with saturated Na2S2O3 aqueous solution, dried over MgSO4, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue combined with the precipitates collected previously was purified by flash chromatography on a silica gel column with ethyl acetate in hexanes (gradient: 0-50%) to afford the desired product (6.1 g, 64%). 1H-NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): 6.68 (t, J=8.0 Hz, 1H), 3.88 (s, 6H).

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