Carbon Dioxide → 3,5-Difluorobiphenyl-4-carboxylic acid

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Dissolve crude 3,5-difluorobiphenyl (1.3 g, 6.83 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (14 mL) and cool to −78° C. Prepare LiTMP from the addition of BuLi (1.6 M soln in hexanes, 5.33 mL) to tetramethyl piperidine (1.4 mL, 1.25 equiv) at −78° C. in tetrahydrofuran (14 mL). Cannulate the cooled LiTMP into the cooled 3,5-difluorobiphenyl and stir the reaction at −78° C. for 1 hour. Bubble carbon dioxide gas through the solution for 5 minutes, warm the reaction to room temperature, pour into 50 mL of 1M sodium hydroxide, and extract with 50 mL ethyl acetate. Discard the organic layer. Acidify the remaining aqueous layer with conc. HCl and extract twice with ethyl acetate. Dry the organics over magnesium sulfate, filtered, and evaporate to give 1.22 g of the title compound as a white solid (77%). MS (m/e): 233.1 (M−).

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