Ethyl orthoformate → HCID 18357471, compound

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To a solution of 2.6 g of 3-bromo-2-benzo[b]furancarboxaldehyde (see M. Cugnon de Sevricourt and M. Robba, Bull. Chim. Soc. Fr., 1977, 142) in 2.7 ml of triethyl orthoformate was added 33 mg of paraoluene sulfonic acid and the solution stirred at at roon temperature overnight. The solution was diluted with a 5% sodium carbonate solution and extracted with ether. The ether extracts were dried over sodium sulfate and evaporated to give 3-bromo-2-(diethoxymethyl)-benzo[b]furan as a liquid; 1H-NMR (200 MHz, CDCl3) d 5.76 (CHOEt).

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