Hydrochloric Acid → 2-(4-Iodophenyl)benzoic acid

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Add potassium tert-butoxide (5.61 g, 0.05 moles) and dimethoxyethane (67 mL) to a 250 mL 3-neck round-bottom flask equipped with a magnetic stirrer, internal temperature probe, and a nitrogen inlet. Stir the mixture at ambient temperature until the solid dissolves. Add 2-iodofluoren-9-one (1.5 grams, 0.005 moles, preparation 54) and stir until the solid dissolves. Add water (0.27 grams, 0.015 moles) and stir the reaction mixture at 23° C. for 1 hour. Add dichloromethane (70 mL) and concentrated hydrochloric acid to pH 1.0. Add water (50 mL) and separate the phases. Concentrate the organic phase under reduced pressure (15-25 mm) to a solid, and suspend the solid in a mixture of hexane (5 mL) and methyl-tert-butyl ether (5 mL) at ambient temperature for 3 hours. Isolate the solid by filtration and rinse the filter cake with pentane. Vacuum dry the solids to provide the title compound (1.25 grams, 0.0386 moles, 77.1% yield). 1H NMR (acetone-d6, 500.0 MHz): δ 7.94 (dd, 1H, J=1, 7.5); 7.82 (app. d, 2H, J=8); 7.66 (td, 1H, J=1, 7.5); 7.55 (td, 1H, J=1, 8); 7.44 (dd, 1H, J=1, 7.5); 7.22 (app. d, 2H, J=8).

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