Ethyl diethoxyacetate → methyl 5-bromo-3,4-dihydro-1H-isochromene-1-carboxylate

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TiCl4 (76 g, 0.4 mol) was added over a period of 10 min to an ice-cooled mixture of 2-(2-bromophenyl)ethanol (20 g, 0.1 mol) and ethyl bis(ethyloxy)acetate (21.1 g, 0.120 mol) in 120 mL of CH3NO2. After stirring for 10 min, the ice bath was removed and the mixture was allowed to stire at room temperature overnight. The mixture was poured into ice/aqueous 1N HCl. Extracted with DCM and backwashed with 1N HCl and brine, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentrated. The residue was purified with silica gel cloumn chromatography to give the product methyl 5-bromo-3,4-dihydro-1H-isochromene-1-carboxylate.

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