Ethyl bromoacetate → Isoindoline

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To a mixture of (±)-1-(5-chloro-2-hydroxy-phenyl)-1,3-dihydro-isoindole-2-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester (7.47 g, 21.6 mmol, 1.0 eq.) and potassium carbonate anhydrous (4.48 g, 32.4 mmol, 1.5 eq.) in acetone (400 mL), ethyl bromoacetate (2.63 mL, 23.8 mmol, 1.1 eq.) was added. The mixture was stirred at r.t. for 18 hours. The reaction mixture was poured in water (150 mL). The mixture was extracted with AcOEt (2×200 mL). The comb. org. phases were dried over MgSO4 and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by flash master (column: 340 g, flow: 90 mL/min, Heptane to Heptane+50% EtOAc) to yield the title product as an yellow oil.

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