2-Bromotoluene → HCID 178424390, compound

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Following General Procedure A and using 2-bromotoluene (2 g, 7.8 mmol), 20 mL of anhydrous tetrahydrofuran, 1.7M solution of t-butyllithium in n-pentane (14 mL, 15.5 mmol) and trimethyl borate (2.6 mL, 15.5 mmol), the title compound was obtained after recrystallization from ethyl acetate-hexane mixture (0.8 g, 51%).

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