Bromine → 5-Bromo-4-methoxy-2-methylbenzoic acid

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Bromine (3.87 mL, 0.076 mol) was added dropwise at 5° C. to a mixture of 4-methoxy-2-methylbenzoic acid (10 g, 0.060 mol), Fe (0.20 g, 3.61 mmol) and chloroform (10 mL). After the reaction mixture was warmed to room temperature, it was stirred overnight. After chloroform (600 mL) was added, this suspension was washed with 10% sodium hydrogensulfate (200 mL×2) and brine, and dried with anhydrous magnesium sulfate. After the desiccant was filtered off, the pale yellow powder obtained by evaporating the solvent under reduced pressure was recrystallized from methanol twice to obtain 5-bromo-4-methoxy-2-methylbenzoic acid (4.96 g, 34%).

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