Hydrochloric Acid → Benzoic acid, 2-(2-furanylcarbonyl)-

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3.4 g of furan was dissolved in 30 ml of tetrahydrofuran, and the solution was added dropwise to 34 ml of normal butyllithium (1.6M, hexane solution) at -40° C. After stirring the resultant solution at 0° C. for 4 hours, the lithium reagent was added dropwise to a solution of 7.4 g of phthalic anhydride in 100 ml of tetrahydrofuran at -70° C. After stirring the solution at the same temperature for 1 hour, the reaction solution was poured into 0.5-N hydrochloric acid, and extracted with chloroform. By purification by column chromatography (eluent: chloroform, methanol), 2.0 g of o-(2-furoyl) benzoic acid was obtained.

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