Methanol → 5-Bromo-2-nitroanisole

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To 4-bromo-2-fluoro-1-nitrobenzene (8.0 g, 36.4 mmol) was added 0.5 N sodium methoxide (105 mL, 52.5 mmol). The mixture was stirred at 60° C. for 1 h. The MeOH was rotovaped down. The crude product was dissolved in DCM (100 mL), washed with H2O, dried (Na2SO4), filtered, and rotovaped down to give the title compound of step A (8.1 g, 34.9 mmol, 96%) as a yellow solid. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ ppm 7.74 (d, J=8.61 Hz, 1H), 7.23 (d, J=2.01 Hz, 1H), 7.16 (dd, J=8.61, 1.83 Hz, 1H), 3.95 (s, 3H).

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