p-Toluenesulfonic acid → HCID 18357471, compound

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To a solution of 2.6 g of 3-bromo-2-benzo[b]furancarboxaldehyde (see M. Cugnon de Sevricourt and M. Robba, Bull. Chim. Soc. Fr., 1977, 142) in 2.7 ml of triethyl orthoformate was added 33 mg of para-toluene sulfonic acid and the solution stirred at at roon temperature overnight. The solution was diluted with a 5% sodium carbonate solution and extracted with ether. The ether extracts were dried over sodium sulfate and evaporated to give 3-bromo-2-(diethoxymethyl)-benzo[b]furan as a liquid; 1H-NMR (200 MHz, CDCl3) d 5.76 (CHOEt).

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