Benzophenone imine → 1-Benzothiophen-6-amine

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A mixture of 6-bromobenzo[b]thiophene (16.0 g, 76.0 mmol), benzophenone imine (16.6 g, 91.5 mmol), tris(dibenzylidineacetone)palladium(0) (0.72 g, 0.80 mmol), 1,1′-bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene (1.3 g, 2.3 mmol) and sodium tert-butoxide (10.8 g, 112 mmol) in toluene is refluxed for 20 hours. The solvent is evaporated and the residue is chromatographed on silica, eluting with dichloromethane) to give the title compound (1.52 g, 11% yield).

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