Ethyl bromoacetate → HCID 86629327, compound

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A mixture of 4-hydroxy-7-methoxybenzo[b]furan (2.0 g, 12.2 mmol; prepared according to Eur. J. Med. Chem. 1981, 16, 563), ethyl bromoacetate (2.2 g, 13.2 mmol), potassium carbonate (2.0 g, 14.5 mmol) and 2-butanone (50 mL) was refluxed for 10 h, then filtered and evaporated in vacuo. The residue was purified by column chromatography (silica gel Fluka 60, chloroform) affording ethyl (7-methoxybenzo[b]furan-4-yloxy)acetate.

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