3-Bromo-5-iodobenzoic acid may be used in the preparation of the following:

• Phenyl(3-bromo-5-iodo)benzoate.
• As starting reagent for the large-scale synthesis of the thromboxane receptor antagonist 3-{3-[2-(4-chlorobenzenesulfonamido)ethyl]-5-(4-fluorobenzyl)phenyl}propionic acid, via regioselective Heck cross-coupling reaction.
• Methyl 3-bromo-5-iodobenzoate.
• 3-Bromo-5-(triisopropylsilylethynyl)benzoic acid, via Sonogashira coupling reaction.
• Trifluoroacetophenone.

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