Hydrochloric Acid → 4-Formyl-3,5-dimethylbenzoic acid

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A solution of 4-bromo-3,5-dimethylbenzoic acid (0.92 g, 4 mmol) in THF (10 mL) was cooled down to −100° C. with N2(I)-Et2O bath and added n-butyllithium (1.6 M in hexanes, 5 mL, 8 mmol) slowly. After completion of addition, the reaction mixture was warmed to −78° C. and DMF (0.74 mL, 8 mmol) was added dropwise. The resulting mixture was stirred at −78° C. for 1.5 h and allowed to warm to −20° C., followed by the addition of 2N aqueous HCl (30 mL). The organic phase was separated and the aqueous phase was extracted with EtOAc, the combined organic phases were dried over MgSO4. The solvent was removed and the resulting residue was purified by flash column chromatography (eluent: EtOAc-hexanes-1:1) to yield 4-formyl-3,5-dimethyl-benzoic acid (10c).

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