Water → HCID 57637382, compound

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To (4-bromo-thiophen-2-yl)-methanol (18.8 g, 97.4 mmol, Intermediate (85)] in tetrahydrofuran (200 mL) was added sodium hydride (3.9 g, 97.4 mmol) at 0° C. under nitrogen atmosphere. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 30 minutes. Tetrabutylammonium iodide (3.6 g, 9.7 mmol) was added followed by benzyl bromide (11.6 mL, 97.4 mmol). The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 1 hour. Water was added. The resulting mixture was extracted with diethyl ether. The ether layer was dried over magnesium sulfate and concentrated. The residue was chromatographed through silica gel (n-heptane/ethyl acetate, 90/10 as eluant) to provide 2-benzyloxymethyl-4-bromo-thiophene [29.2 g, Intermediate (86)] (quantitative) as a yellow oil. LC/MS: 282.96 (M+H), RT=3.68 minutes.

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