Hydrazine hydrate (1:1) → 1-Ethyl-7-fluoro-1,3-dihydro-indol-2-one

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1-Ethyl-7-fluoro-1H-indole-2,3-dione (3.60 g, 18.6 mmol) is heated with neat hydrazine hydrate (15 ml) at 130° C. for 60 minutes. The mixture is cooled, diluted with ice water and extracted with ethyl acetate. The extract is washed with brine, dried (Na2SO4), and evaporated to give the title compound as an orange solid. HPLC r.t. 4.60 min; MS for C10H10FNO m/z 198.1 (M+H)+.

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