Chlorotrimethylsilane → HCID 59383072, compound

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A stirred solution of ˜80% pure 4-bromobenzothiophene (580 mg, 2.7 mmol) and chlorotrimethylsilane (0.70 mL, 5.4 mmol) in dry THF (10 mL) was cooled to −70° C. and 2 M LDA in 1:1 THF/heptane (1.35 mL, 5.4 mmol) was added dropwise over 2 min. The mixture was stirred at −70° C. for 1.5 h and diluted with ether (80 mL) and 5% aq HCl (20 mL). The organic layer was separated, washed with sat'd aq NaHCO3 (20 mL) and dried over MgSO4. Removal of the solvent left 4-bromo-2-(trimethylsilyl)benzothiophene (740 mg, 95%) as an amber oil.

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