Ammonium Chloride → (4-Bromo-naphthalen-2-yl)-(5-ethylbenzo[b]-thiophen-2-yl)methanol

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In a nitrogen stream, an n-butyllithium hexane solution (1.6 M, 1.44 ml, 2.30 mmol) was added dropwise to a solution of 5-ethylbenzo[b]thiophene (373 mg, 2.30 mmol) in THF (15 ml) at −78° C., and the reaction solution was stirred at the same temperature for 5 minutes. To this mixture, a solution of 4-bromonaphthalene-2-carbaldehyde (515 mg, 2.19 mmol) in THF (5 ml) was added dropwise at −78° C., and the resulting mixture was stirred at the same temperature for two hours and at −20° C. for 30 minutes, and then a saturated ammonium chloride aqueous solution was added and the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. 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 (1:9)] to obtain the title compound (780 mg, 90%).

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