Ethyl Acetate → HCID 57949601, compound

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A mixture of 7-methyl-5-bromo-2-(4-trifluoromethoxy-benzyl)-2,3-dihydro-isoindol-1-one (0.100 g, 0.25 mmol), 30% sodium methoxide-methanol (0.5 mL), and CuBr (0.005 g, 0.04 mmol) in methanol (4 mL) was stirred at 100° C. for 1 h. Workup and silica gel column chromatography using 30% ethyl acetate in hexane afforded 7-methyl-5-methoxy-2-(4-trifluoromethoxy-benzyl)-2,3-dihydro-isoindol-1-one (0.035 g, 41%). 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): δ (ppm) 2.80 (s, 3H), 3.91 (s, 3H), 4.26 (s, 2H), 4.83 (s, 2H), 6.82 (d, 2H), 7.26 (d, 2H), 7.42 (d, 2H).

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