Potassium Carbonate → Methyl 5-(2,4-dimethoxybenzylamino)-4-nitrothiophene-2-carboxylate

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A mixture of 2,4-dimethoxybenzylamine (58.7 mmol, 8.81 ml, 9.81 g), methyl 5-chloro-4-nitrothiophene-2-carboxylate (45.1 mmol, 10 g) and potassium carbonate (180 mmol, 24.94 g) were stirred at rt in Acetonitrile (226 mL) for 1 h. Reaction was quenched with water and the resulting precipitate was collected to give methyl 5-(2,4-dimethoxybenzylamino)-4-nitrothiophene-2-carboxylate 86 (15.5 g, 97%). NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) 3.82 (s, 3H), 3.85 (s, 3H), 3.86 (s, 3H), 4.45 (d, J=5.9 Hz, 2H), 6.46 (dd, J=8.2 Hz and 2.3 Hz, 1H), 6.50 (d, J=2.3 Hz, 1H), 7.20 (d, J=8.2 Hz, 1H), 7.99 (s, 1H), 8.89 (br s, 1). (m/z)=353 (M+H)+.

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