Benzylamine → HCID 57949681, compound

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A mixture of 2-bromomethyl-6-iodo-benzoic acid methyl ester (1.07 g, 3.0 mmol), benzylamine (0.34 mL, 3.1 mmol), and K2CO3 (0.83 g, 6 mmol) in toluene (10 mL) was heated with stirring at 100° C. for 2 h. Workup and silica gel column chromatography using 30% ethyl acetate in hexane afforded 2-benzyl-7-iodo-2,3-dihydro-isoindol-1-one 0.586 g, 56%). 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): δ (ppm) 4.16 (s, 2H), 4.82 (s, 2H) 7.18-7.40 (m, 7H), 7.90 (d, 1H). GC-MS: m/z 349 (M)+.

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