Potassium Carbonate → Pivaloyloxymethyl 5-(4,6-Dimethoxypyrimidin-2-yl)oxy-3-ethoxycarbonyl-2-methylbenzofuran-4-carboxylate

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A mixture comprising 0.40 g of 5-(4,6-dimethoxypyrimidin-2-yl)oxy-3-ethoxycarbonyl-2-methylbenzofuran-4-carboxylic acid, 0.26 g of chloromethyl pivalate and 0.21 g of potassium carbonate in 20 ml of N,N-dimethylformamide, was stirred at room temperature for 6 hours, then poured into ice water and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with water and then dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. It was concentrated under reduced pressure, and the oily substance thereby obtained was purified by silica gel column chromatography (n-hexane/ethyl acetate=4/1) to obtain 0.43 g (yield: 84%) of the desired compound.

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