Ammonium cerium (IV) nitrate → 2-Chloro-5,6-dihydro-1-benzothiophen-7(4H)-one

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10.0 g (57.9 mmol) of 2-chloro-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-1-benzothiophene are dissolved in acetic acid/water (247 ml/82 ml), 127 g (231 mmol) of ammonium cerium (IV) nitrate in water (50 ml) are added and the mixture is stirred at room temperature for 5 h. The reaction mixture is added to ice-water and extracted with dichloromethane. After washing with water, the organic phase is dried over sodium sulphate and concentrated under reduced pressure. This gives 5.60 g of 2-chloro-5,6-dihydro-1-benzothiophen-7(4H)-one.

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