Water → HCID 23568938, compound

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Methyl 3-chloro-4-fluoro-7-methoxy-1-benzothiophene-2-carboxylate (2.00 g, 7.29 mmol) was suspended in THF:H2O[10:1] and lithium hydroxide (260 mg) added, the resulting suspension was heated to 40° C. for 1 h. After cooling to room temperature the mixture was extracted with diethyl ether (50 mL) and the aqueous phase acidified to pH 2 and the solid collected by filtration and vacuum dried to give a white solid (1.09 g, 58%); δH (300 M , DMSO) 7.32-7.20 (1H, m, Ar), 7.15-7.05 (1H, dd, Ar), 3.98 (3H, s, OCH3).

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