Ammonium Chloride → 5-Amino-6-(2,4-difluorophenylthio)-1-indanone

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A mixture of 5-nitro-6-(2,4-difluorophenylthio)-1-indanone ethylene ketal (580 mg, 1.59 mmol), iron powder (500 mg, 8.9 mmol) and ammonium chloride (50 mg, 0.93 mmol) in 30 mL of ethanol:water (2:1) was refluxed for 1 h. The hot mixture was filtered through celite. The solvente was evaporated in vacuo. The residue was diluted with water and extracted with ethyl acetate. The ethyl acetate extract was dried over anhydrous MgSO4 and concentrated to give the title compound (410 mg, 81%) as a light brown solid. 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ7.95 (s, 1H), 7.00 (m, 1H), 6.80 (m, 2H), 6.72 (s, 1H), 4.95 (br s, 2h), 3.05 (t, 2H), 2.65 (t, 2H).

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