Methyl iodide → 2-Bromo-5-fluoroanisole

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To a pre-cooled suspension of 2-bromo-5-fluorophenol (5 g, 26.18 mmol) and potassium carbonate (10.84 g, 78.54 mmol) in DMF (15 mL) at 0-5° C., was added methyl iodide (4.75 mL, 39.27 mmol) and the resulting reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 16 hours. The reaction mixture was partitioned between water (20 mL) and EtOAc (50 mL). The organic layer was separated and the aqueous layer was further extracted with EtOAc (3×50 mL). The organic layers were combined, washed with saturated brine solution (20 mL) and dried over Na2SO4, filtered and concentrated in vacuo to afford 1-bromo-4-fluoro-2-methoxybenzene as a colourless liquid in 93% yield, 5.00 g.

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