Dimethyl Sulfide → HCID 67244628, compound

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Boran dimethylsulfide (33 mL, 66 mmol, 2M in tetrahydrofuran) was added to a solution of ethyl dimethyl-(3-ethoxy-4-iodophenyl)acetate (4.83 g, 13.3 mmol) in ethyl ether (40 mL). The reaction was stirred at room temperature for 3 d and stirred for an additional hour with 2-propanol (10 mL) to quench the excess borane. The solution was partitioned between aqueous sodium bicarbonate and methylene chloride. The organic layer was washed with brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and concentrated to give 2-ethoxy-4-(2-hydroxy-1,1-dimethylethyl)iodobenzene (4.23 g, 99%) as a yellow oil.

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