Iodine → Carbamic acid, N-(2-fluoro-6-iodophenyl)-, 1,1-dimethylethyl ester

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To a cooled (−78° C.) solution of (2-fluoro-phenyl)-carbamic acid tert-butyl ester (38.0 g, 180 mmol) in THF (700 mL) under nitrogen was added tert-butyllithium (1.7 M, 240 mL, 408 mmol). The mixture was stirred for 1 h at −78° C. and then a solution of iodine (60.8 g, 240 mmol) in THF (150 mL) was added slowly. The reaction mixture was stirred for further 1 h. Saturated aqueous ammonium chloride (100 mL) was added slowly and the mixture was warmed to RT. The layers were separated and the aqueous layer was extracted with ethyl acetate (2×100 mL). The combined organic fractions were washed with brine (200 mL), dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, and concentrated. The residue was purified by flash chromatography (5% ethyl acetate:hexanes) to afford 39.1 g (65%) of the title compound as a while solid. 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): δ 1.50 (s, 9H), 5.98 (br. s, 1H), 6.92-6.99 (m, 1H), 7.08-7.15 (m, 1H), 7.62 (dt, J=7.8, 1.2 Hz, 1H).

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