Triethylsilane → 5,6-dihydro-5-oxo-11H-indeno [1,2-c]isoquinoline

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To a stirred suspension of 2 (40 g, 0.16 mol) in trifluoroacetic acid (2.5 L) was added triethylsilane (94 g, 0.8 mol) in small portions at room temperature and the reaction mixture was stirred for 96 h, during which time the reaction progress was monitored using TLC (eluent −5% MeOH/CH2Cl2). The reaction mixture was slowly poured on ice, filtered, washed with copious amounts of H2O and MeOH and dried in vacuo to provide the above-titled compound 6 (33.1 g, 88%), whose spectral data were identical to those of a sample of compound 6 that was obtained using Method I.

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