Water → 5-Cyano-2,3-dihydro-3,3-dimethyl-2-isothiocyanatobenzofuran

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2-Chloro-5-cyano-2,3-dihydro-3,3-dimethylbenzofuran (5 g) from Example 15 and potassium thiocyanate (4.6 g) were heated in dimethylformamide (30 ml) at 110° C. for 7 hours. The mixture, after cooling, was added to water and the product extracted into diethyl ether. The ether solution was washed with water (twice), dried over magnesium sulphate and run down under vacuum yielding 4 g of crude product. Purification by silica gel chromatography in toluene yielded 1.2 g of title product, mp 52° C.

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