Methyl iodide → 4-Bromo-5-methoxy-2-(4-methoxyphenyl)-benzofuran

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4-Bromo-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-benzofuran-5-ol 130 (0.601 g, 1.97 mmol) was taken into 25 mL DMF along with potassium carbonate (2.72 g, 19.7 mmol) and iodomethane (2.45 mL, 39.4 mmol). The mixture was heated overnight at 50° C. under a nitrogen atmosphere. The solution was filtered and the filtrate was diluted with ethyl acetate and washed with water (3×), dried over magnesium sulfate filtered and concentrated. The resulting material was purified by column chromatography on silica gel using 10% ethyl acetate in hexane as the eluent to yield the desired product (0.607 g, 92.5%) as a white solid: Mp. 115–117° C.; 1H NMR (DMSO-d6) δ 7.92 (d, 2 H, J=8.8 Hz), 7.60 (d, 1 H, J=8.6 Hz), 7.22 (s, 1 H), 7.09 (d, 1 H, J=8.9 Hz), 7.07 (d, 2 H, J=8.8 Hz), 3.88 (s, 3 H), 3.83 (s, 3 H); MS 333/335 (M+H)+.

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