Ammonium Chloride → (4-Bromo-thiophen-2-yl)-(4-ethyl-phenyl)-methanol

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A solution of 4-bromo-2-thiophenecarboxaldehyde (4.78 g) in tetrahydrofuran (40 ml) was cooled to 0° C. under argon atmosphere, and thereto was added dropwise 4-ethylphenylmagnesium bromide (0.5 M tetrahydrofuran solution, 50 ml). The mixture was stirred at the same temperature for 30 minutes, and thereto was added a saturated aqueous ammonium chloride solution, and the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. The extract was washed with brine and dried over magnesium sulfate, and the solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (hexane:ethyl acetate=97:3-84:16) to give 4-bromo-2-thienyl-4-ethylphenylmethanol (5.37 g) as colorless oil. APCI-Mass m/Z 279/281 (M+H−H2O).

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