Acetic Anhydride → HCID 20144477, compound

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Reaction Steps

420 mg of borontrifluoride-etherate are added to a mixture of 2 g of 7-methylbenzo[b]thiophene and 1.4 ml acetanhydride at 50° and the mixture warmed to 60° for 80 minutes. The resulting mixture is poured onto ice, extracted with ether and the organic phase washed, dried and concentrated on a rotary evaporator. The residue is chromatographed on silica gel (eluant: n-hexane) to obtain the title compound, contaminated with the 2-acetylisomer, as an oil for direct further reaction.

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