Methyl 2-cyano-4-fluorobenzoate → 5-fluoro-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindol-1-one

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A 250-mL Parr reactor bottle was purged with nitrogen and charged with Raney nickel (4.00 g) and a solution of 123a (2.00 g, 11.2 mmol) in ethanol (20 mL). The bottle was attached to a Parr hydrogenator, evacuated, charged with hydrogen gas to a pressure of 50 psi and shaken for 16 h. After this time, the hydrogen was evacuated, and nitrogen was charged into the bottle. Celite 521 (5.00 g) was added, and the mixture was filtered through a pad of Celite 521. The filter cake was washed with ethanol (2×75 mL), and the combined filtrates were concentrated to dryness under reduced pressure to afford a 76% yield of 123b (1.29 g) as a colorless oil: 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.85 (dd, 1H, J=8.5, 5.5 Hz), 7.21-7.16 (m, 2H), 7.05 (br s, 1H), 4.56 (s, 2H).

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