Sodium Thiosulfate → Methyl 2-(hydroxymethyl)-7-nitro-2,3-dihydrobenzofuran-4-carboxylate

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Methyl 2-allyl-3-hydroxy-4-nitro-benzoate 1d (0.47 g, 2 mmol) was dissolved in 80 mL of dichloromethane followed by the addition of m-chloroperbenzoic acid (0.99 g, 4 mmol). The reaction solution was stirred for 24 hours. The resulting solution was added with 20 mL of saturated sodium thiosulfate solution and 20 mL of saturated sodium bicarbonate solution successively, stirred for 5 minutes and extracted with ethyl acetate (20 mL×3). The combined organic phase was washed with water (20 mL) and saturated sodium chloride solution (20 mL) successively, then dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, filtered and the filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure. The resulting residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography to obtain the title compound methyl 2-(hydroxymethyl)-7-nitro-2,3-dihydrobenzofuran-4-carboxylate 40a (440 mg, yield: 87.0%) as a yellow solid.

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