Methyl iodide → Methyl 2-bromo-5-methoxybenzoate

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To a solution of 2-bromo-5-methoxybenzoic acid (15.0 g) in dimethylformamide (100 ml) were added potassium bicarbonate (7.83 g) and methyl iodide (8.12 ml) and the mixture was stirred for 20 hours at room temperature. The reaction mixture was diluted with water and was extracted with a mixture of ethyl acetate and hexane (1/1). The extract was washed with water, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and concentrated. The residue was purified by column chromatography on silica gel (hexane:ethyl acetate=8:1) to give the title compound (16.3 g) having the following physical data.

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