Formic Acid → (S)-4-broMo-2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-1-ol

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To a mixture of formic acid (1.20 mL, 31.5 mmol) and triethylamine (3.76 mL, 27.0 mmol), a dichloromethane (6.0 mL) solution of 4-bromoindan-1-one (1.90 g, 9.00 mmol) was added, and chloro[(1S,2S)—N-(p-toluenesulfonyl)-1,2-diphenyl ethanediamine](mesitylene)ruthenium(II) (168 mg, 0.270 mmol) was added thereto at room temperature, and then, the resulting mixture was stirred under a nitrogen atmosphere at room temperature for 2 hours. Water was added to the reaction solution, and the organic matter was extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with a saturated sodium bicarbonate solution and a saturated sodium chloride solution, then dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and filtered. Then, the solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure, whereby a crude product was obtained. This crude product was purified by silica gel column chromatography (hexane:ethyl acetate=95:5 to 65:35 (v/v)), whereby the objective title compound was obtained as a white solid (1.90 g, yield: 99%).

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