Water → Methyl 3-bromotetrahydrofuran-3-carboxylate

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5.0 g (38.419 mmol) of methyl tetrahydrofuran-3-carboxylate (prepared analogously to: J. Org. Chem. 1996, 2690) were dissolved in 200 ml of THF and cooled to −78° C., and then 76.83 ml of a 1M solution of lithium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide in THF were added. After 30 min at −78° C., 10.26 g (57.63 mmol) of N-bromosuccinimide suspended in 50 ml of THF were added gradually. Thereafter, the mixture was left to warm up to RT overnight. The mixture was then admixed with water and extracted with ethyl acetate. The phases were separated and the aqueous phase was extracted twice more with ethyl acetate. The combined organic phases were washed with saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution and then dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated. The crude product was purified by means of chromatography on silica gel (eluent: dichloromethane). This gave 491 mg (6% of theory) of the target compound.

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