4,5-Diethoxy-3-fluorophthalonitrile → 5,6-diethoxy-7-fluoro-3H-isoindol-1-ylamine

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After dissolving 4,5-diethoxy-3-fluorophthalonitrile (103 g) in ethyl acetate-ethanol-methanol (600 ml-600 ml-300 ml), platinum oxide (8 g) was added and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 4 days under a hydrogen stream. The reaction mixture was filtered through celite, the organic layer was distilled off under reduced pressure and the residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (solvent: n-hexane-ethyl acetate) to yield the title compound (21 g) as yellow crystals.

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