Potassium Carbonate → HCID 14677663, compound

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A suspension of 3,4-dichlorosalicylaldehyde (191 mg, 1.0 mmol), dimethyl chloromalonate (330 mg, 2.0 mmol), and powdery anhydrous potassium carbonate (414 mg, 3.0 mmol) in 4 ml of methyl ethyl ketone is refluxed under heating for 3 hours and evaporated under reduced pressure. The remaining residue is dissolved in ethyl acetate, washed with 10% hydrochloric acid, then water, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, and evaporated under reduced pressure to give a residue, which is chromatographed on a silca gel with methylene chloride as an eluent. The eluates are recrystallized from an ethyl acetate-diethyl ether solution to give 185 mg (Yield 75.2%) of methyl 6,7-dichloro-2-benzofurancarboxylate (D-1), m.p. 161.5°-162° C.

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