4-(2-Fluorophenyl)butanoic acid → 5-Fluoro-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalen-1-one

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To 200 gm of polyphosphoric acid heated at 80° C. was added 15.9 gm of the compound prepared in (6) above over 1 hour while stirring. The stirring was continued for another 1 hour at the same temperature. The resultant reaction mixture was poured into ice-cooled water and extracted with chloroform. The extract was washed with water and saturated brine in this order, and dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. The solvent was evaporated to obtain 14.1 gm of the title compound.

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