Ethylene Glycol → 2-(3-Bromothiophen-2-yl)-1,3-dioxolane

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3-bromo-2-formylthiophene (3.89 parts, 0.02M) was heated at reflux with dry ethyleneglycol (1.6 parts) toluene (25 parts) and p-toluene sulphonic acid (0.1 parts) in a vessel equipped with a Dean and Stark separator for 16 hours. The reactants were then cooled and evaporated into silica. The silica was formed into a column which was then developed by elution with hexane containing increasing amounts of dichloromethane. The product was obtained from fractions containing 10-60% dichloromethane as a pale straw-coloured oil (4.42 parts).

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