Methyl chloroformate → HCID 68288341, compound

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Reaction Steps

To a stiffed solution of 2,4-diethyl-5-iodobenzoic acid (compound 204.4., 500 mg, 1.64 mmol, 1.00 equiv, 90%) in tetrahydrofuran (20 mL) at −78° C. under nitrogen was added dropwise a solution of n-BuLi (1.73 mL, 4.10 mmol, 2.36 M in THF). After 5 minutes, a solution of methyl chloroformate (0.315 mL, 4.10 mmol, 2.50 equiv) in THF (5 mL) was added dropwise to the reaction at −78° C. over 5 minutes. The reaction was stirred for another 5 min at −78° C., and then carefully quenched with 10 mL of water. The pH was adjusted to 1-2 with hydrochloric acid (6 M) and the resulting mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate (2×30 mL). The combined organic layers were washed with 20 mL of brine, then dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatograph with ethyl acetate-petroleum ether (1:20) as eluent to yield 96 mg (25%) of the title compound as an off-white solid.

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