Cesium carbonate → (7-Mercapto-indan-4-yloxy)-acetic Acid Methyl Ester

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7-Thiocyanato-indan-4-ol (Example 7B) (1.47 g, 7.7 mmol), cesium carbonate (3.77 g, 11.6 mmol) and methyl bromoacetate (1.24 g, 8.08 mmol) were stirred in 20 ml acetonitrile at ambient temperature for 4 h. The reaction was filtered and concentrated. The crude product was treated under the conditions of Example 2D to afford the title product. MS m/z 239 (M+1).

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