Uses
3-Methoxythiophene, is a heterocyclic building block used for the synthesis of more complex compounds containing Thiophene moiety. It can also be used for the preparation of novel thiophenyl-methylene-9H-fluorene-based low bandgap polymers.
Synthesis
Example 2 Preparation of 3-methoxythiophene: 185 g of 3-bromothiophene (1.13 mol), 3.24 g of copper(I) bromide (CuBr, 2 mol%) and 14.1 g of PEG DME 250 (5 mol%) were added to the reactor. Subsequently, sodium methanol solution (30% concentration, precursor concentration 30.4) was added and the mixture was heated to 90 °C. The conversion was monitored by GC during the reaction and was >98% (reaction time totaled 10 hours). Upon completion of the reaction, the mixture was poured into 300 g of water. After filtration through decalite, the mixture was extracted twice with 120 g of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE). The organic phases were combined and subjected to vacuum fractionation to afford 117.4 g of 3-methoxythiophene (1.03 mol, 91% yield) with a GC purity of >99% (% area).
References
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