Sodium hydride → 7-Fluoro-3,4-dihydro-1-benzoxepin-5(2H)-one

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Weighed out Sodium Hydride (561 mg, 23.4 mmol) into a nitrogen purged round bottom flask and added 10 mL THF. Placed the solution under nitrogen and added 1-(2-(2-bromoethoxy)-5-fluorophenyl)ethanone (4.07 g, 15.6 mmol) in 15 mL THF. Let stir at room temperature overnight. Concentrated in vacuo and flashed 0 to 50% ethyl acetate/hexanes. NMR confirmed product as 7-fluoro-3,4-dihydrobenzo[b]oxepin-5(2H)-one (1.58 g, 56.2% yield).

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