Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 53740933, compound

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Reaction Steps

To a room temperature solution of methyl 3-hydroxy-5-methoxybenzo[b]thiophene-2-carboxylate (1.00 g, 4.2 mmol) [Connor, et al., J. Med. Chem., 35:958 (1992)] in 20 mL of DMSO is added potassium t-butoxide (494 mg, 4.41 mmol) followed by 2-chloropropionitrile (1.1 mL, 12.6 mmol). The mixture is stirred at room temperature for 1.5 hours then warmed to 82° C. for 3 hours. The reaction mixture is poured into ethyl acetate and 1N HCl. The organic layer is washed with 1N HCl, followed by several portions of brine and dried over MgSO4. Filtration followed by removal of solvent in vacuo and recrystallization of the residue from ethyl acetate:hexane gives 853 mg, mp 127°-129° C.

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