Methanol → Methyl 3-fluoro-4-(2-hydroxy-2-methyl-propyl)benzoate

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A reaction vessel charged with 1-(4-bromo-2-fluoro-phenyl)-2-methyl-propan-2-ol (2.35 g, 9.51 mmol), palladium acetate (214 mg, 0.95 mmol), 3-diphenylphosphanylpropyl-diphenyl-phosphane (404 mg, 0.95 mmol) and triethylamine (4.24 mL, 30.4 mmol) in DMF (26 mL) was added MeOH (20 mL). The reaction vessel was charged to 50 psi with CO gas and heated at 80° C. for 15 hours. The reaction mixture was allowed to cool, partitioned between EtOAc and brine solution. The layers were separated and the aqueous layer was extracted once more with EtOAc. The combined organics were washed with brine (2×10 mL), dried over Na2SO4, filtered and concentrated in vacuo to an orange oil. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography using 0-30% EtOAc-hexanes as eluent to yield methyl 3-fluoro-4-(2-hydroxy-2-methyl-propyl)benzoate (1.83 g, 85%). ESI-MS m/z calc. 226.1. Found 227.5 (M+1)+; Retention time: 1.29 minutes (3 min run); 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.78 (dd, J=7.9, 1.7 Hz, 1H), 7.71 (dd, J=10.3, 1.6 Hz, 1H), 7.34 (t, J=7.6 Hz, 1H), 3.92 (s, 3H), 2.88 (d, J=1.3 Hz, 2H), 1.26 (s, 6H).

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