Sodium Hydroxide → 6-Bromo-3,4-dihydro-2H-isoquinolin-1-one

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A suspension of 5-bromo-1-indanone (15 g, 71 mmol) in concentrated sulfuric acid (75 mL) was cooled to 0° C. Sodium azide (6.5 g, 100 mmol) was added portionwise over 1 hour. The reaction was allowed to warm to room temperature and stirred for 24 hours. The mixture was poured onto ice, neutralised with 4N sodium hydroxide and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with brine, dried over MgSO4 and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by dry flash chromatography using 50-100% ethyl acetate/isohexane to give 6-bromo-3,4-dihydroisoquinolin-1(2H)-one (1.1 g, 7%). δH (500 MHz, CDCl3): 7.92 (1H, d, J=8.3 Hz), 7.49 (1H, dd, J=1.4, 8.3 Hz), 7.39 (1H, d, J=0.9 Hz), 6.46 (1H, s), 3.57-3.55 (2H, m), 2.98 (2H, t, J=6.6 Hz).

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