(Ethoxycarbonylmethyl)triphenylphosphonium bromide → (5-Methylbenzofuran-2-yl)acetic acid ethyl ester

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A mixture of the product of Step 2, above (56) (10.81 mmol) and (carbethoxymethyl)triphenylphosphonium bromide (12.0 mmol) in 50 ml of xylene was heated to 155° C. for 20 hours. The reaction was cooled to ambient temperature and concentrated to dryness. The crude residue was chromatographed on silica gel with gradient elution with 5% EtOAc in hexanes to 10% EtOAc in hexanes to obtain the title compound (57).

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