Potassium Hydroxide → 5-Bromo-2-(4-methoxybenzyl)benzofuran

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5.07 g of potassium hydroxide was added to 30 ml of diethylene glycol, and the mixture was stirred at room temperature during which 5.5 g of 80% hydrazine dihydrate.2H2O and 5.0 g of 5-bromo-2-(4-methoxybenzoyl)benzofuran were further added. The thus prepared mixture was refluxed under heating. After cooling, the resulting reaction solution was adjusted to pH 4-5, extracted with benzene, and then dried. After distilling off the solvent, the resulting residue was purified by subjecting it to silica gel column chromatography using a n-hexane/isopropanol mixture as an elution solvent, thereby obtaining 3.95 g of 5-bromo-2-(4-methoxybenzyl)benzofuran as a brown oily material.

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