3-Chloro-4-fluoro-1-benzothiophene-2-carbonyl chloride → (3-Chloro-4-fluoro-benzo[b]thiophen-2-yl)methanol

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To an ice-cold suspension of 3-chloro-4-fluoro-benzo[b]thiophene-2-carbonyl chloride (5.46 g, 23.6 mmol) in THF (120 mL) was added lithium aluminum hydride (11.8 mL of a 1.0 M solution in THF, 11.8 mmol) dropwise. The mixture was stirred for 2 h then quenched with NaOH (0.35 N solution in H2O). The mixture was diluted with Et2O and the solution filtered. The filtrate was dried (Na2SO4) and concentrated. Purification by flash column chromatography (silica gel, hexanes/EtOAc, 8:2) gave the title compound (4.52 g, 96%) as an off-white solid: 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.57 (d, J=8.1 Hz, 1H), 7.31 (ddd, J=8.0, 8.0, 4.7 Hz, 1H), 7.06 (dd, J=11.3, 8.0 Hz, 1H), 4.97 (d, J=6.2 Hz, 2H), 2.04 (t, J=6.2 Hz, 1H).

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