Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 71226916, compound

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

To a stirred solution of 3-chloro-4-(ethoxycarbonyl)-5-methylthiophene-2-carboxylic acid (F-5) (7.79 g, 31.3 mmol, 1.0 eq) in AcOH (150 mL) at RT, HgO (7.46 g, 34.4 mmol, 1.1 eq) is added and the resulting mixture is stirred at reflux for 1 h. The reaction mixture is cooled to 50-60° C. and then aqueous HCl (750 mL, 2.4 M, 1.8 mol) is added. The resulting mixture is stirred at reflux for an additional 1 h. The mixture is allowed to cool to RT and extracted with methyl tert-butyl ether (3×200 mL). The combined organic layers are washed with sat. NaHCO3 solution (3×200 mL), H2O (200 mL) and brine H2O (200 mL) sequentially. The organic layer is dried over anhydrous Na2SO4 and filtered. The filtrate is concentrated in vacuo and the residue is purified by flash column chromatography on silica gel (2% ethyl acetate-petroether) to afford the product, ethyl 4-chloro-2-methylthiophene-3-carboxylate (F-6).

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