Hydrochloric Acid → 3-Formyl-4-methylbenzoic acid

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To a stirred solution of 3-bromo-4-methylbenzoic acid (2.14 g, 10.00 mmol, 1.00 equiv) in tetrahydrofuran (30 mL) under nitrogen at −78° C. was added n-BuLi (10 mL, 2.5 M in THF, 2.50 equiv) dropwise. After stirring for 1 h below −70° C., DMF (5 mL) was slowly added. The resulting solution was warmed slowly to room temperature and stirred for 1 h. After carefully quenching the reaction by slowly adding 50 mL of water, the pH was adjusted to ˜3-4 using aqueous HCl (6 M). The resulting mixture was extracted with 2×50 mL of ethyl acetate and the combined organic layers were dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentrated under reduced pressure to yield 1.6 g (98%) of the title compound as a yellow solid.

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