Lithium iodide → HCID 57443971, compound

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A mixture of benzo[b]thiophene-2,6-dicarboxylic acid 2-ethyl ester 6-methyl ester (3.9 g, 14.77 mmol) and Lithium iodide (10 g, 74.6 mmol) in anhydrous pyridine (30 ml, 9 vol) was stirred at reflux for 16 h. After cooling to r.t., the mixture was added (either as a melt or chipped out) to ice-cold 2N HCl (200 mL). The solid formed was isolated by filtration and washed with water (3×50 mL). The product was purified by recrystallisation from methanol to give the title compound (1.8 g, 49%). LCMS m/z 251 [M++H]+, 1H NMR (300 MHz, DMSO), δ: 1.35 (3H, t J=6.9 Hz, CH3), 4.38 (2H, q J=7.1 Hz, CH2), 7.99 (1H, d J=8.3 Hz, ArH), 8.12 (1H, d J=8.3 Hz, ArH), 8.27 (1H, s, ArH), 8.70 (1H, s, ArH).

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