Potassium Hydroxide → 4-[(2-Fluoro-4-iodophenyl)amino]thiophene-3-carboxylic acid

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A mixture of methyl 4-[(2-fluoro-4-iodophenyl)amino]thiophene-3-carboxylate (0.74 g, 1.96 mmol) in the solution of potassium hydroxide (0.3 g) in ethanol/water (4 ml/4 ml) was heated up to 60° C. and stirred at this temperature for 30 min. The mixture was cooled to room temperature, diluted with 4 ml of water and extracted with ether. The water layer was acidified with 1 N HCl to pH 2, the product precipitated and was filtered off, washed several times with water and dried in vacuo to afford 4-[(2-fluoro-4-iodophenyl)amino]thiophene-3-carboxylic acid (0.59 g, 83%). 1H NMR (d6-DMSO): 13.20 (s, 1H), 9.13 (s, 1H), 8.35 (d, 1H), 7.62 (dd, 1H), 7.48-7.38 (m, 2H), 7.11 (s, 1H); MS (EI) for C11H7FINO2S: 362 (MH−).

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