3-Bromo-5-formylbenzoic acid → 3-Ethyl-5-formylbenzoic acid

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Under nitrogen, Pd(dppf) (97 mg, 0.119 mmol) was added to a stirred solution of 3-formyl-5-bromo-benzoic acid (3.00 g, 11.92 mmol) in dioxane (100 mL). Diethyl zinc (14.7 g, 17.9 mmol, as a 15% solution in toluene) was added and the mixture was stirred at 75° C. for 1 h. The reaction was quenched by adding water (5 mL) and the solvent was evaporated to a volume of about 50 mL. The mixture was basified by adding sat. aq. ammonia (1 mL). The mixture was filtered and the filtrate was acidified by adding formic acid (4 mL) before it was separated by prep. HPLC to give the title compound as a colourless resin (1.17 g). LC-MS*: tR=0.44 min, [M−H]−=177.26; 1H NMR (D6-DMSO): δ 1.24 (t, J=7.8 Hz, 3H), 2.77 (q, J=7.5 Hz, 2H), 7.92 (t, J=1.8 Hz), 8.08 (t, J=1.8 Hz, 1H), 8.26 (t, J=1.5 Hz, 1H), 10.06 (s, 1H).

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