Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 66608287, compound

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A dioxane (1.1 liters) solution of 2-[(5-bromo-2-fluorophenyl)(chloro)methyl]-1-benzothiophene (551 g) was added to a dioxane (3.3 liters)-water (1.6 liters) solution of sodium borohydride (410 g) and sodium hydroxide (31 g) at 60 to 66° C., followed by stirring at 52 to 60° C. for 39 hours. To the reaction mixture was added toluene (5.5 liter), water (3.8 liters) and 36% hydrochloric acid (620 ml) to conduct extraction. The organic layer was subjected to distillation under reduced pressure to distil off the solvent. The residue was dried under reduced pressure. The obtained crystals were dissolved in 2-propanol (1 liter) and methanol (1 liter) with heating, followed by stirring at 0° C. for 20.5 hours. The separated-out crystals were collected by filtration, washed with methanol (500 ml), and dried under reduced pressure to obtain 2-(5-bromo-2-fluorobenzyl)-1-benzothiophene [373 g, yield: 75.0%, purity: 99% (HPLC)] as white crystals. Incidentally, the 2-[(5-bromo-2-fluorophenyl)(chloro)methyl]-1-benzothiophene is the same as the compound (5) obtained in the second step of the production method of the present invention.

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