Acetyl chloride → Acetic acid 4-acetyl-2-(4-tert-butylphenyl)thiophen-3-yl ester

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To a solution of 2-(4-tert-butylphenyl)-3-hydroxy-4-methylcarbonylthiophene (137 mg, 0.5 mmol) in THF (2 mL) were added triethylamine (105 μL, 0.75 mmol) and acetyl chloride (53.3 μL, 0.75 mmol). The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 0.5 h. After removing solvent, the residue was diluted with AcOEt, washed with a saturated aqueous NH4Cl solution, dried over MgSO4 and concentrated to give product as a brown oil (146 mg, yield 92%).

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