Ammonia → Methyl 4-aminothiophene-3-carboxylate

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Diazotization of methyl 4-aminothiophene-3-carboxylate with sodium nitrite followed by treatment with dimethylamine provides methyl 4-[(dimethylamino)diazenyl]thiophene-3-carboxylate. Treatment of the ester with ammonia gave the required 4-[dimethylamino)diazenyl]thiophene-3-carboxamide (compd. No. 13). The methyl 4-aminothiophene-3-carboxylate is produced using known procedures in the prior art (33, 34, 35). Thus addition of methyl acrylate to methyl thioglycolate provided methyl 3-[(methoxycarbonyl)methylthio]propanoate in quantitative yield, which on cyclization in presence of sodium methoxide gave methyl 4-oxo-2,3,5-trihydrothiophene-3-carboxylate. Treatment of methyl 4-oxo-2,3,5-trihydrothiophene-3-carboxylate with hydroxylamine followed by basification with ammonia gave methyl 4-aminothiophene-3-carboxylate.

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