Tetrahydrofuran → 1(3H)-Isobenzofuranone, 6-fluoro-3-((1-methyl-1H-1,2,4-triazol-5-yl)methylene)-4-nitro-, (3Z)-

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An alternative workup procedure to that illustrated in Example 2A follows. Instead of evaporating the reaction mixture to dryness, it was condensed to 2 volumes, followed by solvent exchange with 12 volumes of THF, and then 12 volumes of heptane. The slurry mixture was concentrated to 2 volumes and filtered to give the product. As such, 1.8 kilograms of (Z)-6-fluoro-3-((1-methyl-1H-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)methylene)-4-nitroisobenzofuran-1(3H)-one (3) gave 2.15 kilograms (yield 96.4%) of the product methyl 5-fluoro-2-(2-(1-methyl-1H-1,2,4-triazole-3-yl)acetyl)-3-nitrobenzoate hydrochloride (4).

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