Carbon Dioxide → 5-Methoxythiophene-2-carboxylic acid

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2-Methoxythiophene (4.0 ml) was dissolved in tetrahydrofuran (50 ml), and the mixture was cooled to -78° C. n-Butyllithium (1.6M in hexane, 31 ml) was slowly added dropwise, and the mixture was stirred at the same temperature for 1 hour. The mixture was poured into a mixture of dry ice and diethyl ether, and warmed to room temperature with stirring. The solvent was distilled off, and the residue was acidified with 1N hydrochloric acid. The mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. The extract was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and concentrated under reduced pressure to give 5-methoxy-2-thiophenecarboxylic acid (5.62 g).

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