Formaldehyde → Methyl thenoate

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A mixture of 5-bromo-3-[(2-hydroxy-1-hydroxymethyl-ethyl)-(trans-4-methyl-cyclohexanecarbonyl)-amino]-thiophene-2-carboxylic acid methyl ester (18 mg, 0.041 mmol), paraformaldehyde (6 mg) and boron trifluoride-diethyl etherate (15 μl, 0.12 mmol) in dry dioxane (0.6 mL) was stirred at 80° C. for 14 min. It was cooled and added to ice and NaHCO3 solution mixture, extracted with ethyl acetate, washed with brine, dried and evaporated. Pure 5-bromo-3-[1,3]dioxan-5-yl-(trans-4-methyl-cyclohexanecarbonyl)-amino]-thiophene-2-carboxylic acid methyl ester was obtained after chromatography over silica gel (hexane:ethyl acetate-9:1 as eluent) (15 mg; 81%).

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