Acetic Acid → 7-fluoro-3,4-dihydro-2H-chromene-4-carboxylic acid

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7-Fluoro-4-(trimethylsilyloxy)chroman-4-carbonitrile (750 mg, 2.83 mmol) and SnCl2 dihydrate (2551 mg, 11.3 mmol) were diluted with glacial acetic acid (3 mL) and concentrated HCl (3 mL). The reaction was heated in an oil bath at 130° C. and stirred overnight. The reaction was allowed to cool, diluted with water and ethyl acetate. The layers were separated and the organic layer was dried over MgSO4, filtered and concentrated to yield the title compound (465 mg, 83.9% yield).

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