Ethyl Acetate → (S)-5,7-dichloro-2-[1-(4-chloro-phenyl)-ethyl]-2,3-dihydro-isoindol-1-one

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A mixture of 2-Bromomethyl-4,6-dichloro-benzoic acid methyl ester (0.119 g, 0.4 mmol), (S)-1-(4-chloro-phenyl)-ethyl amine (0.067 mL, 0.48 mmol), and K2CO3 (0.104 g, 0.8 mmol) in toluene (5 mL) was heated with stirring at 100° C. for 2 h. Workup and silica gel column chromatography of the product using 30% ethyl acetate in hexane afforded (S)-5,7-dichloro-2-[1-(4-chloro-phenyl)-ethyl]-2,3-dihydro-isoindol-1-one (0.047 g, 35%). 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): δ (ppm) 1.64 (d, 3H), 3.94 (d, 1H), 4.26 (d, 1H), 5.74 (q, 1H) 7.22-7.42 (m, 6H). GC-MS: m/z 340 (M)+.

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