Hydrochloric Acid → 3-Isopropylbenzeneboronic acid

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n-BuLi (7.7 mL, 14.0 mmol) was added dropwise to a stirred solution of 1-bromo-3-isopropyl-benzene (2.4 g, 12.1 mmol) in dry THF (40 mL) over 30 min at −70° C. under nitrogen. The reaction mixture was degassed for 15 min, and triisopropylborate (2.63 g, 14.0 mmol) was added at the same temperature. The reaction mixture was gradually warmed to 0° C. during 90 min and stirred for an additional 30 min at 0° C. The reaction mixture was then cooled to −20° C., and an aqueous solution of 2N HCl (20 mL) was added slowly. THF was distilled off and the reaction mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate (2×20 mL). The combined organic layers were dried over Na2SO4, and concentrated in vacuo to obtain the crude product (1.85 g, 93.5%), which was used for the next step without further purification.

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