Metaperiodic acid → 4-[4-(Difluoromethyl)phenoxy]-6-(ethoxycarbonyl)-1-benzofuran-2-carboxylic acid

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To acetonitrile (10 mL) was added periodic acid (209 mg, 0.916 mmol) and stirred vigorously at room temperature for 15 min. Ethyl 4-[4-(difluoromethyl)phenoxy]-2-formyl-1-benzofuran-6-carboxylate (300 mg, 0.833 mmol) was then added (in ice-bath) followed by addition of pyridium fluorochromate (3.32.mg, 0.02 mmol) in CH3CN (5 mL). The reaction was stirred at 0° C. for 1 hour. The reaction was diluted with ethyl acetate and washed with brine/water (1:1), dried over MgSO4 and concentrated to give the title compound (300 mg, 96%) as an orange solid, which was used in the next step without further purification. 1H NMR (300 MHz, CHLOROFORM-D) δ ppm 1.33 (t, J=7.16 Hz, 3 H) 4.33 (q, J=7.16 Hz, 2 H) 6.61 (t, J=56.52 Hz, 1 H) 7.06 (d, J=8.48 Hz, 2 H) 7.37 (s, 1 H) 7.43-7.54 (m, 3 H) 8.02 (s, 1 H).

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