Carbon Dioxide → 2,6-Dichloro-4-methylbenzoic acid

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To a stirred solution of 1,3-dichloro-5-methylbenzene (2.0 g, 12.4 mmol) in THF (20 mL) was added n-BuLi (2.0 M in hexane, 9.3 mL, 18.6 mmol) at −78° C. dropwise over a period of 10 min and mixture was stirred at −78° C. for 30 min. A dry-ice was added to the reaction mixture slowly and the mixture was stirred at the same temperature for 20 min. Thereafter, the reaction mixture was slowly warmed to room temperature, quenched with 6 M HCl (10 mL) and extracted with EtOAc (2×30 mL). The combined organic layers were washed with water (50 mL), brine (50 mL), dried over anhydrous Na2SO4 and concentrated under reduced pressure to get compound A111-1 (1.1 g, 44%) as a white solid.

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