2-Methoxyethanol → HCID 66857574, compound

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2-methoxy-3-methyl-thiophene, (1.5 g, 11.7 mmol) 2-methoxy-ethanol (3.8 g, 50.5 mmol, 4.3 equiv.) and sodium hydrogen sulfate anhydrous (100 mg, 0.833 mmol, 0.07 equiv.) were stirred in toluene at 120° C. for 3.5 hours. The mixture was diluted with ethyl acetate and extracted with sodium bicarbonate solution. The organic solvent washed with brine, dried over magnesium sulfate dihydrate, filtered and evaporated. After Kugelrohr distillation, 980 mg of the title compound were obtained as a light yellow oil GC-MS (EI) M=172.

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