Methyl Ethyl Ketone → HCID 13290006, compound

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A mixture of 3.7 g of 6,7-dichloro-5-hydroxy-3-methylbenzo[b]thiophene, 4.3 g of ethyl bromoacetate and 20 ml of 2-butanone containing 5 ml of dimethylformamide is stirred at 60°-70° for 2 hours. The cooled mixture is diluted with ice-water and extracted 3 times with ether. The combined ether extract is dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and concentrated under vacuum to a brownish oil. Purification of the crude product is effected by column chromatography (alumina/ether). The purified ester is recrystallized from ether-pentane to give 4.3 g of ethyl [(6,7-dichloro-3-methylbenzo[b]thien-5-yl)oxy]acetate as fluffy needles, mp 115°-117°.

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