“…After evaporation of the solvent, the remaining residue was purified by chromatography (SiO 2 /toluene) to yield 16 as a yellow solid (6.88 g, 51 % 25.4, 25.2, 23.3, 22.6 (C1,2,3,4); C 14 H 13 ClOS 2 (296.8): calcd C 56.65,H 4.42,S 21.60;found C 56.84,H 4.18,5,6,thien-2-yl)-2-(aminoacetyl)thiophene hydrochloride (17): Compound 16 (2.32 g,7.82 mmol), hexamethylenetetraamine (1.10 g, 7.82 mmol), and sodium iodide (1.17 g, 7.82 mmol) were suspended in ethanol and stirred for one week at room temperature. Concentrated hydrochloric acid (3 mL) was added and the mixture was warmed to 50 8C and then stirred for additional 5 h. The precipitated crude hydrochloride was isolated by filtration and recrystallized twice from ethanol to yield 17 as an ochre powder (1.50 25.2, 24.8, 23.1, 22.4 (C1,2,3,4); C 14 H 16 ClNOS 2 (313.87): calcd C 53.57, H 5.14,N 4.46,S 20.43;found C 53.44,H 5.18,N 4.44,5,6,thien-2-yl)thiophene-2-carbonic acid (18): nBuLi (2.86 mL of a 1.6 m solution in hexane, 4.58 mmol) was added to a stirred solution of 9 (1.00 g, 4.54 mmol) in dry diethyl ether (25 mL) was slowly added and the mixture then cooled to À 50 8C. Gaseous carbon dioxide was bubbled through the mixture over a period of 1 h. The organic phase was hydrolyzed and extracted with additional water.…”