Potassium Carbonate → 6-Chloro-5-methoxy-benzo[b]thiophene-2-carboxylic acid methyl ester

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To a solution of 4-chloro-2-fluoro-5-methoxybenzaldehyde (0.821 g, 4.35 mmol) in 8.7 mL of DMSO were successively added K2CO3 (1.81 g, 3 eq.) and methyl thioglycolate (0.474 mL, 1.2 eq.), and the mixture was vigorously stirred at 50° C. for 2 h. After cooling, the reaction mixture was poured onto crashed ice/HCl, twofold extracted with AcOEt, washed with water, dried over sodium sulfate, and evaporated. Flash chromatography (SiO2, hexane/AcOEt=85/15), followed by crystallization from heptane/AcOEt, yielded 0.300 g of the title compound as off-white solid.

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