Methyl 4-benzylsulfanyl-5-nitrothiophene-3-carboxylate → (4-Benzylsulfanyl-5-nitro-thiophen-3-yl)-methanol

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Methyl 4-(benzylthio)-5-nitrothiophene-3-carboxylate (5 g, 16.2 mmol) in dichloromethane (150 mL) at −40° C. was reacted with diisobutylaluminum hydride (1 M in dichloromethane, 36 mL, 2.2 equivalents) added dropwise. The reaction was stirred for 15 minutes after complete addition, quenched with 10% aqueous sodium potassium tartrate solution and stirred at 25° C. for 1 hour. The organic layer was separated, filtered through Celite® (diatomaceous earth) and the filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure. The resulting oil was purified by flash chromatography on silica gel with a Biotage-40s column eluting with 2:98 methanol/dichloromethane to give [4-(benzylthio)-5-nitrothien-3-yl]methanol as an oil, (4.32 g, 95%). 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) ppm 4.21 (s, 2 H), 4.39 (s, 2 H), 7.11 (m, 3 H), 7.23 (m, 2 H) 7.40 (s, 1 H).

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