Ethylene Glycol → 2-(3-Thienylmethoxy)ethanol

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621 mg of ethylene glycol was dissolved in 1 ml of tetrahydrofuran, and 88 mg of 60% oily sodium hydride and 0.5 ml of dimethylformamide were added. After the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 5 minutes, a tetrahydrofuran solution(1 ml) of 200 mg of 3-bromomethylthiophene was added. The mixture was stirred at 60 ° C. for 2 hours, and then the solvent was evaporated. The residue was worked up in a customary manner to give 181 mg of the captioned compound as a pale yellow oil.

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