Ethanol → Ethyl 5-Bromo-2-iodobenzoate

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5-Bromo-2-iodo-benzoic acid (25.0 g, 76.47 mol) was dissolved in CH2Cl2 (75 ml) at room temperature. Oxalyl chloride (14.5 ml, 152.94 mmol) was added and the mixture was stirred at 40° C. for 30 minutes. The mixture was allowed to cool to room temperature and EtOH (6.69 ml, 114.71 mmol) was added. The mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure to give 27.2 g (quantitative) of 5-bromo-2-iodo-benzoic acid ethyl ester as a yellow crystalline solid.

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