Methyl iodide → Methyl (4-oxo-4,10-dihydro-9-oxa-3-thiabenzo[f]azulen-6-ylsulfanyl)acetate

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Methyl iodide (6.5 mL, 104 mmol) and potassium hydrogencarbonate (17.0 g, 170 mmol) were added to a DMF (200 mL) solution of the compound obtained in Example 21 (26.1 g, 85 mmol), and the mixture was stirred at room temperature overnight. The solvents were distilled off under a reduced pressure, water was added to the residue, and the product was extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with a saturated sodium chloride solution and then dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, and the solvents were distilled off under a reduced pressure. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (hexane:ethyl acetate=5:1), to give 24.0 g (88%) of the captioned compound.

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