Methanol → Methyl 4-bromo-5-methylthiophene-2-carboxylate

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A solution of 4-bromo-5-methyl-2-thiophenecarboxylic acid (3 g, 13.6 mmol) in MeOH (67 mL) and H2SO4 (3 mL) was stirred at 50° C. After 12 h, the solution was added to ice-H2O and the pH was adjusted to ˜11. The aqueous phase was extracted several times with DCM and the combined organic fractions were dried over Na2SO4, concentrated and used directly yielding the title compound (3 g, 94%) as an orange solid: LCMS (ES) m/z 236 (M+H)+.

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