Thionyl Chloride → 2-((5-Bromo-2-fluorophenyl)chloromethyl)benzo(b)thiophene

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Reaction Steps

Into an acetonitrile (10 ml) solution of 1-benzothien-2-yl(5-bromo-2-fluorophenyl)methanol (1.0 g) was dropwise added thionyl chloride (706 mg) at a temperature of 5° C. or lower, followed by stirring at 5.0 to 25.0° C. for 3.5 hours. The reaction mixture was subjected to distillation under reduced pressure to distill off the solvent and the residue was subjected to vacuum drying to obtain 2-[(5-bromo-2-fluorophenyl)(chloro)methyl]-1-benzothiophene [1.05 g, yield: 100%, purity: 99% (HPLC)].

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