Methanol → Methyl 4-fluoro-2-methylbenzoate

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In a cylindrical quartz tube was placed 4-fluoro-2-methyl-benzoic acid (1.5 g, 9.7 mmol) in MeOH (15 ml) and 2 drops of H2SO4 conc. were added. The tube was introduced into a Smith Creator® Personal chemistry microwave reactor. Microwave irradiation was carried out at 130° C. for 1 h until HPLC revealed the disappearance of the starting-material. The mixture was allowed to cool down and the solvent was removed under reduced pressure. The crude was diluted with DCM and washed with NaHCO3 sat. The organic phase was dried over anhydrous Na2SO4 and concentration of the solution gave the final compound (1.3 g, 78%) as colourless oil.

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