Hydrogen Bromide → 105358-58-5

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5-Methoxy-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindole (28.7 g) was dissolved in 48% hydrobromic acid (620 ml) and the mixture heated under reflux for 2 h, then cooled and evaporated to give 5-hydroxy-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindole hydrobromide (29.5 g) as a brown solid. To the above hydrobromide salt (29.5 g) in tetrahydrofuran (215 ml) and water (215 ml) at 0° C. was added triethylamine (48 ml) followed by di-tert-butyl dicarbonate (33 g). The reaction was stirred for 18 h, then worked up as for Description 1 above and chromatographed on silica gel, to give the title compound (13.2 g, 29%) as a brown solid.

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