tert-Butyl acetate → Tert-butyl 4-bromo-3-methylbenzoate

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To a mixture of methyl 4-bromo-3-methylbenzoate (4.85 g) and tert-butyl acetate (3 mL) was added 1M potassium tert-butoxide in THF (0.3 mL). The mixture was stirred under vacuum for 10 minutes and treated with another equivalent of tert-butyl acetate and 1 mol % of (1,1′-bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene)dichloropalladium(II) dichloromethane. This procedure was repeated three times. The mixture was diluted with ethyl acetate (40 mL) and washed with 5% aqueous HCl, water and brine. After drying over Na2SO4, the mixture was concentrated.

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