Potassium Carbonate → Methyl 6-chloro-1-benzothiophene-2-carboxylate

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To a solution of 600 mg (3.23 mmol) of 4-chloro-2-nitro-benzaldehyde in DMF (7 ml) were added 559 mg (4.04 mmol) of potassium carbonate and 294 μl (3.23 mmol) of methyl thioglycolate at 0° C. The reaction mixture was stirred for 30 min at 0° C. and then for 24 h at RT. Then the mixture was poured into ice-water and the precipitate was collected by filtration and dissolved in ethyl acetate. The solution was dried (MgSO4) and concentrated to yield 630 mg (86%) of 6-chloro-benzo[b]thiophene-2-carboxylic acid methyl ester as a white solid. 1HNMR (CDCl3, 300 MHz): δ 3.95 (s, 3H), 7.88 (dd, J=8.6 and 1.9 Hz, 1H), 7.79 (d, J=8.6 Hz, 1H), 7.85 (d, J=1.9 Hz, 1H), 8.02 (s, 1H).

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