Methyl 4-(benzyloxy)-3-chloro-5-isopropoxybenzoate → Methyl 3-chloro-4-hydroxy-5-isopropoxybenzoate

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Methyl 4-(benzyloxy)-3-chloro-5-isopropoxybenzoate (2) (3.00 g, 8.96 mmol) was dissolved in a mixture of MeOH (100 mL), DCM (10 mL) and AcOH (0.1 mL) and the solution was passed through a Thales ‘H-cube’ cartridge (10% Pd/C) at a flow rate of 1 mL/min at 25° C. under H2 (full H2 mode). The solvents were removed in vacuo to afford methyl 3-chloro-4-hydroxy-5-isopropoxybenzoate (3) (2.03 g, 89%): m/z 245 [M+H]+ (ES+), 243 [M−H](ES−).

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