Facile preparation of aromatic esters from aromatic bromides with ethyl formate or DMF and molecular iodine via aryllithium

~21%

~67%

~54%

~90%

~8%

~28%

~13%

~7%

~82%

~14%

~63%

~76%

~45%

~74%

~49%

~62%

~11%

~65%

~99%

~74%

~8%

~5%

~12%

~55%

~77%

~55%

~76%

~70%

~9%

~70%

~67%

~59%

~7%

~68%

~58%

~61%

~71%