Pyridinium chloride → HCID 13290001, compound

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A mixture of 200 mg of 3-(4-chlorophenyl)-6,7-dichloro-5-methoxybenzo[b]thiophene and 1.77 g of pyridine hydrochloride is stirred and heated at 195°-205° for two and one half hours. The reaction is cooled and 20 ml of water is added. The resulting solid is collected on a filter and washed with 1N hydrochloric acid. The product is chromatographed on a silica gel-hexane column using 3:1 hexane/ether as elutent. The product is isolated and recrystallized from acetone-hexane to give 150 mg of 6,7-dichloro-3-(4-chlorophenyl)-5-hydroxybenzo[b]thiophene as a white powder, mp 174°-176°.

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