Triethylsilane → 2-(4-Bromonaphthalen-2-ylmethyl)-5-fluorobenzo[b]thiophene

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In a nitrogen stream, triethylsilane (0.18 ml, 2.11 mmol) and a boron trifluoride-diethyl ether complex (0.25 ml, 1.94 mmol) were added to a solution of (4-bromo-naphthalen-2-yl)-(5-fluorobenzo[b]-thiophen-2-yl)methanol (260 mg, 0.65 mmol) in methylene chloride (10 ml) at 0° C. and the mixture was stirred a room temperature for two hours. A saturated sodium hydrogen carbonate aqueous solution was added and the mixture was extracted with methylene chloride. The organic layer was washed with a saturated sodium chloride aqueous solution and dried (anhydrous magnesium sulfate), and then the solvent was distilled under reduced pressure. The obtained residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography [developing solution=ethyl acetate:n-hexane (1:100)] to obtain the title compound (520 mg, 80%).

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