Water → HCID 69220376, compound

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Reaction Steps

To a slurry of 74 mg (1.54 mmol) of NaH (50% in mineral oil) in 3 mL of dry DMF was added 285.6 mg (1.27 mmol, 2.5 equivalents) of triethyl phosphonofluoroacetate (diluted in 1 mL of dry DMF) at 0° C. After the gas evolution has ceased, 0.51 mmol of 2-formyl-4-(2-n-propoxy-3,5-di-iso-propylphenyl)-benzo[b]thiophene diluted in 3 mL of dry DMF was added dropwise. The red mixture was slowly heated to 40° C. until complexion. After cooling, water was added and the solution was extracted 2 times with ethyl acetate. The organic layers were combined, washed with water and brine and dried over MgSO4. After evaporation of the solvents, the crude oil is purified over a short plug of silica gel (eluent: 95/5 hexane/ethyl acetate) to afford 2-fluoro-3-[4-(2-n-propoxy-3,5-di-iso-propylphenyl)-benzo[b]thien-2-yl]-prop-2-enoic acid ethyl ester.

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