Methanol → Methyl 3-bromo-2-methoxybenzoate

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3-Bromo-2-methoxybenzoic acid (2 g, 8.65 mmol, 1.0 eq) was dissolved in dry DCM and stirred for 10 minutes, cooled to 0° C. and slowly treated with oxalyl chloride (3.3 g, 25.9 mmol, 3 eq). Methanol in pyridine was added dropwise and the reaction mixture was stirred at ambient temperature. The solvents were evaporated under reduced pressure and the reaction mass was diluted with water. The aqueous mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was dried with anhydrous Na2SO4 and concentrated under vacuum to afford the desired product (1.9 g, 90%). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 3.93 (s, 6H), 7.02-6.06 (t, 1H), 7.72-7.76 (m, 2H). MS (ESI): 247.0 (M+H)+.

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