Ammonia → 7-Nitro-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindol-1-one

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1.5 g (5.473 mmol) methyl 2-bromomethyl-6-nitro-benzoate are dissolved in 20 ml N,N-dimethylformamide and combined with 15 ml of methanolic ammonia (7 mmol/ml). After 20 h at 25° C. the mixture is diluted with 100 ml of ethyl acetate and extracted 3 times with saturated sodium hydrogen carbonate solution. The organic phase is dried with magnesium sulphate and the solvent is eliminated in vacuo.

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