Hydrochloric Acid → 5-Bromo-2-formylbenzoic acid

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A 50 mL round-bottom flask was charged with methyl 5-bromo-2-formylbenzoate (1.00 g, 4.11 mmol, 1.00 equiv), lithium hydroxide (2.00 g, 83.5 mmol, 20.0 equiv), tetrahydrofuran (10 mL), and H2O (10 mL). The resulting solution was stirred for 3 h at room temperature. The pH value of the solution was adjusted to 6 with hydrogen chloride solution (2 mol/L). The solid were collected by filtration to yield 0.700 g (crude) of 5-bromo-2-formylbenzoic acid as a light yellow solid. LCMS (ESI, m/z): 227 [M−H]−.

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