Potassium Carbonate → HCID 53233006, compound

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A mixture of 4-formyl-3-nitro-benzoic acid methyl ester (15.2 g, 72.8 mmol), mercapto-acetic acid ethyl ester (8.70 mL, 79.3 mmol) and K2CO3 (12.9 g, 93.1 mmol) in 140 mL of anhydrous DMF was heated at 50° C. overnight. After cooling to rt, the mixture was poured into 1 L of ice-water and the resulting mixture was stirred for 40 min. The solid formed was filtered and washed with 4×70 mL of water. After drying, benzo[b]thiophene-2,6-dicarboxylic acid 2-ethyl ester 6-methyl ester was obtained as a pale solid. 1H NMR (CDCl3, 200 MHz) δ 8.56 (s, 1H), 8.09-7.97 (m, 2H), 7.88 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 1H), 4.40 (q, J=7.2 Hz, 2H), 3.95 (s, 3H), 1.40 (t, J=6.8 Hz, 3H). MS (EI): cal'd 265.0 (MH+), exp 265.0 (MH+).

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