Methanol → 7-Chloro-3,4-dihydroisoquinolin-1(2H)-one

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P2O5 (3.1 g, 0.0495 mmol) was added to a stirred solution of [2-(4-chloro-phenyl)-ethyl]-carbamic acid ethyl ester (2.5 g, 0.01097 mmol) in POCl3 (10 mL) The resulting mixture was heated to reflux for 3 hours. The reaction was monitored by TLC (10% methanol in DCM). The reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature and concentrated under reduced pressure. The concentrate was quenched with chilled water, basified with NaHCO3 solution and extracted with ethylacetate. The organic layer was washed with water, brine solution, dried over Na2SO4 and concentrated under reduced pressure. Purification by column chromatography on silica gel (10% methanol in CHCl3) afforded 500 mg of the product (26.3% yield).

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