Hydrochloric Acid → (3-Bromo-5-formylphenyl)boronic acid

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4.2 mL (10.5 mmoles) of 2.5 m n-butyllithium was added to a solution of 3.1 g (10.5 mmoles) of 3,5-dibromo(dimethoxymethyl)benzene in 50 mL of ether at -78° under nitrogen over a period of 2 minutes. The reaction mixture was stirred 8 minutes and 2.415 mL (10.5 mmoles) of triisopropyl borate was added. The reaction was stirred 5.5 hrs at room temperature after cooling to 0°, 21 mL of 2N hydrochloric acid was added. After stirring 1 hour at room temperature, ether layer was separated and washed with saturated sodium chloride solution. After drying over anhydrous MgSO4, solvent was removed to give a solid, which was triturated with petroleum ether. The resulting solid was dried in vacuo to give the desired boronic acid.

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