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solution in hexanes, 2.5 mL, 4.42 mmol) was added and stirred for 10 min at -30 °C before
-ethylcarbamoyloxythiophene (10; 0.80 g, 4.01 mmol) solution in dry THF (1.0 mL) was added
dropwise and reaction mixture was stirred at -30 °C for 2 h. Me (0.4 mL, 4.42 mmol) was added to the
generated thiophene carbanion. After 1 h at -30 °C reaction mixture was allowed to reach room
temperature overnight, and quenched with saturated aqueous NH Cl (10 mL), extracted with EtOAc
and concentrated in vacuo. The crude residue was purified by column
) to yield 2-methylthio-3-diethylcarbamoyloxythiophene 13b (0.37 g,
3
2 2
S
4
(
3x10 mL), dried over Na
2
SO
4
chromatography (eluent CH
2
Cl
2
3
7%) as a slightly yellow liquid and 2-methylthio-3-hydroxythiophene 11b (0.20 g, 34%) as a light
liquid.
-1 1
1
1b: IR (neat) 1535, 2920, 3429 cm ; H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl
3
) 2.28 (s, 3H), 5.89 (s, 1H), 6.74 (d, J
1
3
=
5.8 Hz, 1H), 7.22 (d, J = 5.8 Hz, 1H); C NMR 22.09, 107.26, 118.05, 127.67, 156.56.
-1 1
1
3b: IR (neat) 1732, 2932 cm ; H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl
3
) 1.21 (t, J = 7.0 Hz, 3H), 1.30 (t, J = 7.0
Hz, 3H), 3.39 (q, J = 7.0 Hz, 2H), 3.47 (q, J = 7.0 Hz, 2H), 6.96 (d, J = 5.8 Hz, 1H), 7.24 (d, J = 5.8 Hz,
1
3
1
H); C NMR (CDCl ) 13.32, 14.13, 21.16, 42.16, 42.43, 121.38, 122.90, 125.69, 149.56, 153.25.
3
2
-Trimethylsilyl-3-diethylcarbamoyloxythiophene (13c)
TMEDA (83 µL, 0.55 mmol) was dissolved in dry THF (1.5 mL) and cooled to -30 °C. n-BuLi (1.8 M
solution in hexanes, 0.31 mL, 0.55 mmol) was added and stirred for 10 min at -30 °C before
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-ethylcarbamoyloxythiophene (10; 100 mg, 0.50 mmol) solution in dry THF (0.5 mL) was added
dropwise and reaction mixture was stirred at -30 °C for 2 h. MeSiCl (70 µL, 0.55 mmol) solution in dry
THF (0.2 mL) was added to the generated thiophene carbanion. After 1 h at -30 °C reactions mixture was
allowed to reach room temperature in 40 min, and was quenched with saturated aqueous NH
extracted with EtOAc (3x5 mL), dried over Na SO and concentrated in vacuo. The crude residue was
purified by column chromatography (eluent 1:9 EtOAc petroleum ether) to yield
-trimethylsilyl-3-diethylcarbamoyloxythiophene (51 mg, 38%) as a light liquid.
4
Cl (5 mL),
2
4
–
2
-1 1
IR (neat) 1723, 2973 cm ; H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl
3
) 0.30 (s, 3H), 1.19 (t, J = 7.1 Hz, 3H), 1.24 (t, J
=
7.0 Hz, 3H), 3.38 (q, J = 7.1 Hz, 2H), 3.44 (q, J = 7.0 Hz, 2H), 7.00 (d, J = 5.0 Hz, 1H), 7.42 (d, J = 5.0
1
3
Hz, 1H); C NMR (CDCl ) -0.53, 13.26, 14.18, 41.63, 42.04, 122.75, 123.67, 128.91, 153.73, 153.84.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This study was supported by The Latvian National Research Programme 2010–2013. “BIOMEDICINE”.
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