Methanol → Methyl 4-fluoro-2-methylbenzoate

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To a stirred solution of 4-fluoro-2-methyl-benzoic acid (13 g, 84 mmol) in MeOH (500 mL) was added SOCl2 (20 g, 168 mmol) dropwise at 0° C. After the addition, the reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 16 hours. When TLC indicated that no starting material was left, the mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure to give a crude product (12.7 g, yield 90.7%), which was used in the next step reaction without further purification.

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