Acetic Acid → Methyl 3-bromo-2,6-dihydroxybenzoate

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To a mixture of methyl-2,6-dihydroxybenzoate (1.68 g, 10.0 mmol) in dichloromethane (10 mL) was added acetic acid (1 mL), followed by drop-wise addition of bromine (515 μL, 10.0 mmol) in dichloromethane (5 mL). The reaction mixture was stirred at ambient temperature for 1 hour, concentrated under reduced pressure, co-evaporated with ethyl acetate (2×). The resulting solid was triturated with hexane/ethyl acetate and re-crystallized from hot hexane/ethyl acetate to provide the titled compound (1.45 g). MS ESI(−,) m/e 244, 246 (M−H)+; 1H NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 10.45 (s, 1H), 10.19 (s, 1H), 7.46 (d, 1H), 6.41 (d, 1H), 3.84 (s, 3H).

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