Dichloromethane → 5-Amino-6-methoxy-2-methylisoindolin-1-one

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To 6-methoxy-2-methyl-5-nitroisoindolin-1-one (111 mg, 0.5 mmol) in ethanol (6 mL) and water (0.6 mL) was added SnCl2.2H2O (451 mg, 2 mmol) and the mixture was heated to 65° C. for 5 h. DCM (20 mL) and 2M NaOH(aq) (10 mL) were added and the mixture was passed through a hydrophobic frit. The solvent was removed in vacuo to give 5-amino-6-methoxy-2-methylisoindolin-1-one (68 mg, 71%) as an off-white solid. LCMS (10 cm_ESCI_Formic_MeCN): [M+H]+=193 at 2.32 min. 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO): δ 7.01 (s, 1H), 6.74 (s, 1H), 5.44 (br s, 2H), 4.24 (s, 2H), 3.85 (s, 3H), 3.02 (s, 3H).

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