Sodium Hydroxide → 5-Amino-2-cyclopropyl-1H-isoindole-1,3(2H)-dione

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N-Cyclopropyl-4-nitrophthalimide (10.0 g, 43.0 mmol) was dissolved in ethanol (200 mL). Tin (II) chloride dihydrate (49.0 g, 215 mmol) was added, and the mixture was heated to reflux overnight. After cooling, the mixture was poured over crushed ice (1.0 L), and pH adjusted to 6.5 using 1 N NaOH. The mixture was passed through a small bed of celite, and the filtrate was subsequently extracted with ethyl acetate (1.2 L). The organic phase was dried using anhydrous MgSO4, and solvent was removed by rotary evaporation in vacuo, to afford crystalline N-cyclopropyl-4-aminophthalimide. Yield: 6.0 g (69%).

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