N-bromobutanimide → Methyl 5-bromo-2-methylfuran-3-carboxylate

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Reaction Steps

(The following reaction is done under exclusion of light.) Dissolve 2-Methyl-furan-3-carboxylic acid methyl ester (15) (2.00 mL, 15.9 mmol) in chloroform (11 mL) and glacial acetic acid (11 mL) and add NBS (3.85 g, 21.6 mmol) portionwise in between a period of 75 min. Stir the reaction suspension for additional 16 h at rt. Add water to the reaction mixture and extract the aqu. layer with DCM (2 times), wash the combined organic layer with 2 M aqu. NaOH, water and brine and dry it with Na2SO4 to obtain 5-Bromo-2-methyl-furan-3-carboxylic acid methyl ester (16) (2.80 g, 80%) as a red brown oil. No further purification. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): 2.54 (s, 3H); 3.80 (s, 3H); 6.53 (s, 1H).

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