4,6-difluoro-2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-1-one → Ethyl 2-(4-fluoro-1-hydroxy-1-indanyl)acetate

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This compound was prepared in an analogous manner to that described in Example 5c for ethyl 2-(4,6-difluoro-1-hydroxy-1-indanyl)acetate substituting 4-fluoro-1-indanone (15.53 g, 0.103 mol) for 4,6-difluoro-1-indanone. Chromatography on silica gel with ethyl acetate:hexanes (19:1) as eluent gave 19.11 g (78%) of ethyl 2-(4-fluoro-1-hydroxy-1-indanyl)acetate which was used without further purification.

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