Diethyl Ether → Ethyl 5-(4-aminophenylthio)-4-nitrothiophene-2-carboxylate

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The product of Example 430A (1.0 g, 4.244 mmol), 4-aminothiophenol (0.797 g, 6.366 mmol), and anhydrous sodium acetate (1.74 g, 21.22 mmol) were heated in anhydrous ethanol (40 mL) under a nitrogen atmosphere at reflux for 30 minutes. The reaction was cooled to room temperature, partitioned with ethyl acetate (100 mL) and water (50 mL), separated layers, and washed organic phase with water (2×50 mL) and brine (50 mL). The organic extract was dried over sodium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated by rotary evaporation. Trituration of the resulting solid with ethyl ether (2×30 mL) afforded the title compound as a bright yellow solid (1.167 g, 3.598 mmol, 85%). 1H NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-D6) δ ppm 1.24 (t, J=7.17 Hz, 3 H) 4.24 (q, J=7.23 Hz, 2 H) 5.94 (s, 2 H) 6.71 (d, J=8.82 Hz, 2 H) 7.35 (d, J=8.46 Hz, 2 H) 8.08 (s, 1 H); MS (ESI+) m/z 325 (M+H)+, MS (ESI−) m/z 323 (M−H)−.

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