Water → 2-(2,6-Dibromo-pyridin-4-yloxy)-4-fluoro-benzoic acid methyl ester

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A solution of methyl 4-fluoro-2-hydroxybenzoate (2.00 g), 2,6-dibromo-4-nitropyridine (3.65 g), and cesium carbonate (4.21 g) in N,N-dimethylformamide (100 mL) was heated to 55° C. for 16 hours, cooled, added to water, and extracted with 50% ethyl acetate in hexanes. The organic extract was washed with brine, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered, concentrated and purified by flash column chromatography on silica gel using 30-50% ethyl acetate in hexanes.

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