Acetic Anhydride → N-(2,3-Dihydro-1H-inden-2-yl)acetamide

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Acetic anhydride (3.55 ml) was dropped to the mixture of 6.37 g 2-amino indane hydrochloride, 60 ml of ethyl acetate and 10.4 ml triethylamine and the reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 15 hours. The solvents were evaporated in vacuo and the solid residue was digested with water, filtered and dried at 40° C. in vacuo.

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