Potassium Hydroxide → 2-(Methylsulfonyl)-4-(trifluoromethoxy)benzoic acid

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To a 16 ml vial was loaded 2-bromo-4-(trifluoromethoxy)benzoic acid (225 mg, 0.79 mmol), sodium methylsulfinate (161 mg, 1.58 mmol), CuI (301 mg, 1.58 mmol), KOH (44 mg, 0.79 mmol, in 0.1 ml water) and 4 ml dimethyl sulfoxide. The reaction mixture was flushed with nitrogen, sealed and heated at 120° C. for 5 hours. After cooling to room temperature, it was diluted with 40 ml ether/ethyl acetate (1:1), 30 ml brine and 10 ml 3N HCl. The mixture was filtered through a pad of celite. The layers were separated, and the organic portion was dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated. The residue was purified with HPLC on a reverse phase column eluted with water and acetonitrile gradient solvent to give desire product as white solid.

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