Benzene → 6-bromo-1H-indene

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Reduction of 5-bromo-1-indanone E1 with sodium borohydride in MeOH followed by dehydration of the resulting alcohol with sulfuric acid in refluxing benzene at about 80° C. affords 6-bromo-1H-indene E2 (CAS# 33065-61-1; see, Young J R, Huang S X, Walsh T F, Wyvratt M J, Yang Y T, Yudkovitz J B, Cui J, Mount G R, Ren R N, Wu T-J, Shen X, Lyons K A, Mao A-H, Carlin J R, Karanam B V, Vincent S H, Cheng K and Goulet M T, Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 2002, 12 (5), 827-832).

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