Water → Ethyl 5-chloro-3-methyl-1-benzothiophene-2-carboxylate

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Butyllithium in hexane (2.6M, 2.3 ml) was added to a solution of 5-chloro-3-methylbenzo[b]thiophene (1.0 g, 6 mmol) in ethyl ether (20 ml) stirred at 0° C. under argon. The mixture was stirred for 30 minutes and transferred slowly under argon pressure to a stirred solution of ethyl chloroformate (0.63 g, 6 mmol) in ethyl ether (20 ml). The mixture was stirred at 0° C. for 30 minutes and at 25° C. for 1.5 hours. The mixture was treated with water and the organic phase was dried, concentrated and triturated with hexane to give 1.0 g (67%) of ethyl 5-chloro-3-methylbenzo[b]thiophene-2-carboxylate: mp 92.5°-94° C.

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