Chlorotrimethylsilane → 7-Bromo-2-(trimethylsilyl)benzofuran

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A stirred solution of diisopropylamine (0.65 mL, 4.7 mmol) in THF (15 L) was cooled to 5° C. and n-BuLi (2.5 M in hexanes, 1.9 mL, 4.7 mmol) was added dropwise over 5 min. The mixture was stirred at 5° C. for 15 min and cooled to −70° C. Chlorotrimethylsilane (0.59 mL, 4.7 mmol) was added followed by a solution of 7-bromobenzofuran (0.46 g, 2.35 mmol) in THF (5 mL). The mixture was stirred at −70° C. for 1.5 h and poured into sat'd aq NH4Cl (80 mL). The mixture was diluted with 5% aq HCl (20 mL) and extracted with ether (2×80 mL). The combined ether extracts were washed with sat'd aq NaHCO3 (50 mL), dried over MgSO4 and concentrated to leave crude 7-bromo-2-(trimethylsilyl)benzofuran (0.62 g, 98%) as a yellow oil.

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