Ethyl Acetate → 3,4-dihydroisoquinolin-1(2H)-one

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Phenethyl-carbamic acid ethyl ester (I-23a: 9 g, 46.875 mmol) and poly phosphoric acid (187.5 g) were taken in a flask and the flask was heated to 120° C. for 4 hours. The reaction was monitored by TLC (30% ethylacetate in hexane). The reaction mixture was partitioned between chilled water and ethylacetate. The resulting mixture was stirred at 115° C. for 2 hours to afford the crude product. Purification by column chromatography on silica gel (60% ethylacetate in hexane) afforded 0.090 g of the product (9.1% yield).

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