Water → HCID 20144490, compound

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Reaction Steps

400 mg of 3-hydroxymethyl-7-methyl-benzo[b]thiophene are dissolved in tetrahydrofuran, mixed with 82 mg of NaH (80%) and after addition of 48 mg of methyl iodide heated for half an hour at 50° C. The reaction mixture is mixed with water, repeatedly extracted and the organic phase washed, dried and concentrated on a rotary evaporator. The residue is chromatographed over silica-gel (eluant: toluene/glacial acetic acid=95:5) to yield the title compound as an oil.

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