N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone → 6-Fluorobenzo[b]thiophen-3-amine

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A mixture of methyl-6-fluoro-3-aminobenzo[b]thiophene-2-carboxylate (20.1 g), 1-methylpiperazine (13.1 g), and 1-methyl-2-pyrrolidinone (100 ml) was heated at 176° C. for 2 hrs, under nitrogen. The solution was diluted with water (400 ml) and extracted with ether. The combined extracts were washed with water, brine, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered, and the filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure to give 9.32 g of 3-amino-6-fluorobenzo[b]thiophene.

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