Diisopropylamine → 2-Thiophenecarboxaldehyde, 4,5-dichloro-

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11.1 g of diisopropylamine in 100 ml of tetrahydrofuran were cooled to -60° C., 49 ml of n-butyllithium were added over 10 minutes. The mixture was stirred for 30 minutes and 10 g of 2,3-dichlorothiophene were added at -60° C. The mixture was stirred for 45 minutes and then 6 m1 of dimethylformamide and 10 ml of tetrahydrofuran were added. The mixture was stirred for 1 and a half hours, allowed to return to room temperature, poured into a saturated aqueous sodium dihydrogenphosphate solution and extracted with isopropyl ether. The solvent was evaporated and, after chromatography on silica (eluent: 95/5 hexane/ethyl acetate), 10.16 g of the expected product were obtained.

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