3-Thiophenecarboxylic acid, tetrahydro-4-oxo-, methyl ester → Methyl 4-[(2-fluoro-4-iodophenyl)amino]-2,5-dihydrothiophene-3-carboxylate

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To a mixture of methyl 4-oxotetrahydrothiophene-3-carboxylate (1.75 g, 11 mmol) (commercially available or prepared using procedures similar to those described in Rossy et. al. J. Org. Chem. 1980, 45(4), 617-2) in 15 mL of ethanol was added 2-fluoro-4-iodoaniline (2.6 g, 11 mmol) followed by addition of several drops of acetic acid. The mixture was refluxed for 3 hrs. The mixture was cooled to room temperature and the product precipitated. This product was filtered off, washed with ethyl acetate, ether, dried in vacuo to afford the methyl 4-[(2-fluoro-4-iodophenyl)amino]-2,5-dihydrothiophene-3-carboxylate (1.7 g, 42%). 1HNMR (d6-DMSO): 9.80 (s, 1H), 7.71 (d, 1H), 7.49 (dd, 1H), 7.24 (t, 1H), 4.10 (t, 2H), 3.79 (t, 2H), 3.69 (s, 3H); MS (EI) for C12H11FINO2S: 380 (MH+).

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