Hydrochloric Acid → 5-fluoro-1-benzothiophene-2-carboxylic acid

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To a mixture of 8 (246.68 mg, 1.1 mmol) and LiOH (75.9 mg, 3.3 mmol) in THF (9 mL) was added MeOH (1 mL) and H2O (3 mL), stirred at room temperature for 6 h. Then HCl (1 M) was added to the reaction mixture to pH=4, and extracted with EtOAc (3×15 mL), wash with H2O (3×20 mL). The organic extracts were dried with Na2SO4 and concentrated under reduced pressure. Purified by flash chromatography on silica gel, using ethyl acetate/hexane (4:1) as eluent, give 8-acid as white powder; (212.79 mg, 98.6%). 1H-NMR (300 MHz, acetone-d6): δ 8.14 (s, 1H), 8.10-8.05 (m, 1H), 7.80-7.76 (m, 1H), 7.41-7.34 (m, 1H). 13C NMR (300 MHz, acetone-d6): δ 162.52, 159.31, 140.12, 137.78, 130.11, 124.65, 116.10, 110.66.

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