Benzofuran is a promising pharmacophore for drug discovery and a large number of synthetic methodologies for its derivatives have been developed. 1 However, the synthetic approaches to 2-unsubstituted benzofuran-3-carboxylates are limited, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5a, 5b and 5c while there are many methods for the synthesis of 2-substituted ones. 6, 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, 6e, 6f, 6g, 6h and 6i The methods applicable to the synthesis of various 2-unsubstituted derivatives are only ...
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