Phthalimidine → 2-(4-Trifluoromethyl-benzyl)-2,3-dihydro-isoindol-1-one

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A mixture of 2,3-dihydro-isoindol-1-one (0.133 g, 1 mmol), 1-bromomethyl-4-trifluoromethyl-benzene (0.287 g, 1.2 mmol), Cs2CO3 (0.816 g, 2.5 mmol), and 18-crown-6 (0.026 g, 0.1 mmol) in acetone (5 mL) was stirred at 70° C. for 16 h. Workup and silica gel column chromatography using 30% ethyl acetate in hexane afforded 2-(4-trifluoromethyl-benzyl)-2,3-dihydro-isoindol-1-one (0.135 g, 93%). 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): δ (ppm) 4.28 (s, 2H), 4.86 (s, 2H), 7.39-7.62 (m, 7H), 7.90 (d, 1H).

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