Hydrochloric Acid → 2-Thiopenecarboxaldehyde, 3,4,5-trichloro-

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Butyllithium (2.5 molar in tetrahydrofuran, 3.96 mL, 9.9 mmol) is added to a solution of tetrachlorothiophene (2.00 g, 9.01 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran at 0° C. The reaction mixture is stirred at 0° C. for 30 minutes, warmed to room temperature over 45 minutes, treated with N,N-dimethylformamide (0.79 g, 10.8 mmol), stirred for three hours, poured into one molar hydrochloric acid at 4° C. and extracted with ether. The combined organic extracts are washed sequentially with water and brine, dried over MgSO4 and concentrated in vacuo to obtain a brown solid. Flash chromatography of the solid using silica gel and a 5% ethyl acetate in hexane solution gives a beige solid which is recrystallized from ethyl acetate and hexane to obtain the title product as beige needles (1.63 g, 84%, mp 81°-82° C.).

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