Triethylamine → 2-(1,3-dioxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindol-2-yl)-2-methylpropanal

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11.9 g of sulfur trioxide pyridine complex dissolved in 75 ml DMSO was added over a period of 20 minutes at room temperature to a solution of 5.48 g of 2-(2-hydroxy-1,1-dimethyl-ethyl)-isoindole-1,3-dione from Step 1 and 7.59 g of triethylamine in 780 ml DMSO. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 30 minutes, poured onto ice/water and extracted 3 times with tert-butyl methyl ether. The organic was washed with 1N HCl and 2 times H2O, dried over magnesium sulfate and the solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure to give 4.92 g crystals (mp 80-82° C.), which were used in the next step without further purification.

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