Potassium Permanganate → 5-(4,6-Dimethoxypyrimidin-2-yl)oxy-3-methylbenzothiophene-4-carboxylic acid

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0.6 g of 5-(4,6-dimethoxypyrimidin-2-yl)oxy-4-formyl-3-methylbenzothiophene was dissolved in 80 ml of acetone. While stirring the solution at room temperature, 0.6 g of potassium permanganate dissolved in 10 ml of water was dropwise added thereto over a period of 15 minutes, and the mixture was further stirred at room temperature for 4 hours. It was then concentrated under reduced pressure to remove acetone, and then a saturated sodium bicarbonate aqueous solution was added thereto to make the mixture alkaline. The mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate, and then the aqueous layer was precipitated with 10% hydrochloric acid. The precipitated crystals were collected by filtration and washed with water to obtain 0.47 g (yield: 76%) of the desired compound.

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