Iodine → HCID 18788666, compound

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A stirred solution of 3.00 g (15.5 mmol) of 1,4-dimethoxy-2-t-butylbenzene (obtained by methylation of t-butyl hydroquinone with sodium hydride and methyl iodide in tetrahydrofuran) and 2.52 g (21.7 mmol) of tetramethylethylenediamine in 50 mL of anhydrous ether under nitrogen is cooled to 0° C. and 8.66 mL (21.7 mmol) of n-butyllithium (2.5M in hexane) is added over a 5 minute period. The mixture is warmed to 22° C., stirred for 18 hours and then cooled back to 0° C. The reaction is quenched with 7.86 g (30.9 mmol) of iodine in 30 mL of tetrahydrofuran and partitioned between ethyl acetate (200 mL) and 10% NaHSO3 (300 mL). The organic layer is washed with water (50 mL), brine (50 mL), dried (MgSO4) and evaporated to give a brown, partially crystalline oil which is chromatographed on silica gel (eluting with 98:2 hexane/ethyl acetate) to give crude product which is recrystallized from hexane to obtain 2,5-dimethoxy-4-t-butylphenyl iodide m p 8.5°-82.5° C.)

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