Methyl iodide → Methyl 2-amino-5-bromo-3-methylbenzoate

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2-Amino-5-bromo-3-methylbenzoic acid (5.0 g, 21.7 mmol) in dry DMF (35 mL) was stirred with Cs2CO3 (10.62 g, 32.6 mmol) at room temperature for 1 h under nitrogen. Iodomethane (3.4 g, 1.5 mL, 23.95 mmol) in dry DMF (7 ml) was added dropwise to the above stirring reaction mixture over a period of 30 min and continued the reaction for 24 h. Reaction mixture was diluted with water (200 mL) and stirred to observe hetergeneous suspension. The purple solid was collected by filtration and dried to obtain methyl 2-amino-5-bromo-3-methylbenzoate (4.72 g, 89%). 1H NMR (DMSO-d6): δ 7.67 (app d, 1H, J=2.1 Hz), 7.34 (s, 1H), 6.60 (s, 2H), 3.78 (s, 3H), 2.09 (s, 3H).LCMS: rt 7.98 min (A), purity 99%, MS (m/e) 245 (MH+).

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