Ethyl Acetate → 5-Bromo-3-methylthiophene-2-carbaldehyde

26 g of 3-methyl-2-thiophenecarboxaldehyde was dissolved in 100 ml of chloroform and the solution was stirred by cooling with ice. 11 ml of bromine was added dropwise thereto. The temperature was elevated to room temperature and the mixture was stirred overnight. About 1 l of ethyl acetate was added thereto and the mixture was washed with water, then with a saturated aqueous sodium hydrogencarbonate solution and finally with a saturated aqueous common salt solution. After drying over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, the solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure to give 46.8 g of 5-bromo-3-methyl-2-thiophenecarboxaldehyde in the form of a dark brown solid, which was subjected to the subsequent reaction without purification.

1. temperatureby cooling with ice
2. customwas elevated to room temperature
3. stirringthe mixture was stirred overnight
4. washthe mixture was washed with water
5. dry with materialAfter drying over anhydrous magnesium sulfate
6. distillationthe solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure

ORD record

ord-4f07f7372869489896dc31852cd8efdd

Source dataset

uspto-grants-1995_07

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US05430059