Water → (S)-5-bromo-2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-1-amine

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(S)-1-Azido-5-bromo-2,3-dihydro-1H-indene (8.09 g, 34.0 mmol) was dissolved in THF (155 ml), then water (17.2 ml) was added, followed by triphenylphosphine (9.8 g, 37.4 mmol). To this mixture, potassium hydroxide (1.0 N, 34.0 ml, 34.0 mmol) was added drop by drop below 25° C. and stirring continued over night at RT. The reaction mixture was then poured into H2O (150 ml) and extracted with EtOAc (2×100 ml). The organic layers were dried over MgSO4, filtered and concentrated in vacuo to give a crude product (17.34 g), which was purified by flash chromatography (silica gel, 100 g, 0% to 40% MeOH in CH2Cl2) to yield the title compound (5.81 g, 81%) as light yellow oil. MS: 211 (M+, 1Br).

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