2-Methoxybenzoic acid → HCID 12357669, compound

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Reaction Steps

N,N,N′N′-Tetramethylethylendiamine (16 g, 138 mmol) was added drop-wise at −70° C. to a solution of sec-butyllithium (92 mL, 1.3 M in cyclohexane, 120 mmol) in 80 mL tetrahydrofuran. 2-Methoxybenzoic acid (7.0 g, 46 mmol) in 40 mL tetrahydrofuran was added drop-wise at −70° C. over 2 hours. After complete addition stirring was continued at −70° C. for another 2 hours. Dimethyl disulfide (15.2 g, 161 mmol) was added at −70° C. within 10 min. Stirring was continued at −70° C. for another hour and the reaction was allowed to slowly warm up over night. The reaction mixture was quenched with 40 mL water and extracted with 200 mL ethyl acetate. The aqueous phase was adjusted to pH1 by addition of 25% HCl and extracted twice with dichloromethane. The combined organic phases were dried on sodium sulfate, filtered and evaporated. The crude product was crystallized with cyclohexane and yielded the title compound as an off-white solid (2.7 g, 30%), MS: m/e=197.4 [(M−H)−].

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