Citric Acid → HCID 178497462, compound

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In a 100-mL round-bottom flask under argon, 6-(3-methoxy-4-methoxymethoxy-phenyl)-1H-indazole (1.19 g, 4.18 mmol, 1 equiv) was dissolved in dioxane (25 mL) and 3N NaOH (14 mL). This mixture was treated with iodine (1.17 g, 14.60 mmol, 1.10 equiv) added in ˜5 portions (˜10 min). Several (−4) additional portions of iodine (50 mg each) were added until the reaction was complete as visualized by TLC (3:7 ethyl acetate/hexane). The mixture was acidified with 20% citric acid (25 mL) and 5% NaHSO3 (20 mL) was added. The mixture was partitioned between ethyl acetate (150 mL) and water (100 mL). The organic material was washed with saturated sodium bicarbonate (80 mL) and brine (50 mL) and were dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated under reduced pressure. Purification by crystallization from ethyl acetate (3 mL) then hexane (7 mL) gave pure 3-iodo-6-(3-methoxy-4-methoxymethoxy-phenyl)-1H-indazole as a solid (1.33 g, 78%): 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 10.48 (bs, 1H), 7.62 (s, 1H), 7.57 (d, 1H, J=8.5 Hz), 7.47 (dd, 1H, J=1.3, 8.5 Hz), 7.18 (m, 3H), 5.29 (s, 2H), 3.99 (s, 3H), 3.55 (s, 3H).

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