Hydrochloric Acid → Methyl 5-bromo-2-chloro-3-methoxybenzoate

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To a solution of compound 54 (27.0 g, 103 mmol) in H2O (70 mL) and conc.HCl (70 mL) was added dropwise a solution of NaNO2 (21.5 g, 311 mmol) in H2O (50 mL) at 0° C. After being stirred for 1 hour, a solution of Cu(I)Cl in conc.HCl (80 mL) was added to the reaction mixture dropwise at 0° C. The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 18 hours. To the mixture was added water (300 mL) and extracted with EtOAc (500 mL). The organic layer was dried over MgSO4, filtered, and concentrated in vacuo. The crude product 55 was dried under high vacuum and used without further purification (29.0 g, 100%) as a white solid.

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