Potassium Hydroxide → 2-Bromo-5-phenylthiophene-3-carboxylic acid

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Potassium hydroxide (0.65 g, 11.6 mmol) in water (2 mL) was added to a solution of 2-bromo-5-phenyl-thiophene-3-carboxylic acid ethyl ester (3.9 mmol) in IMS (6 mL). The reaction was stirred for 1 hour and then partitioned between diethyl ether and water. The aqueous layer was acidified to pH 7 with 1 N hydrochloric acid and further extracted with diethyl ether. The organic solution was dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered and the solvent evaporated to give the title compound (0.96 g, 87%). LCMS m/z 281.97 [M−H]− R.T.=3.64 min. (Analytical Method 5).

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