Water → Ethyl 2-(5-fluoro-2-nitroanilino)benzo[b]thiophene-3-carboxylate

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Ethyl 2-aminobenzo[b]thiophene-3-carboxylate (69.3 g) and 2,4-difluoronitrobenzene (50 g) were dissolved in dimethyl sulfoxide (550 ml) and heated to 50° C. Thereto was added potassium carbonate (63 g) and the mixture was stirred at 100° C. for 70 min. After cooling, the reaction mixture was allowed to cool to 70° C. and poured into water (2.5 L). The reaction mixture was allowed to stand still, and filtered. The filtrated orange crystals were washed with ethyl acetate to give ethyl 2-(5-fluoro-2-nitroanilino)benzo[b]thiophene-3-carboxylate (50.7 g).

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