Potassium Carbonate → HCID 58951921, compound

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A solution of 2-hydroxy-5-methylisophtalaldehyde (1 g) in DMF (10 ml) was treated under an Argon atmorphere with potassium carbonate (1.01 g) and diethyl bromomalonate (1.60 g). The reaction mixture was heated to 100° C. for 20 hrs, then cooled to r.t., quenched with water and extracted with EtOAc. The organics were dried over MgSO4, filtrated and concentrated to obtain 7-formyl-5-methyl-benzofuran-2-carboxylic acid ethyl ester (1.34 g) as off-white solid. MS (ISP): 233.1 ((M+H)+.). The crude product was used in the next reaction step without further purification.

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