Acetic Anhydride → 1H,3H-Thieno[3,4-c]furan-1,3-dione

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In a 250 mL single-neck round-bottom flask equipped with reflux condenser, 3,4-thiophenedicarboxylic acid (Frontier Scientific, 4.000 g, 0.02325 mol) was heated to 120° C. with acetic anhydride for 6 hours. The reaction was then cooled to room temperature and the solvent was removed under reduced pressure to yield a dark brown solid. The crude product was recrystallized from toluene to yield pale yellow needles in quantitative yield.

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