Water → HCID 12094383, compound

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Ethyl (2-benzyl-3-oxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindol-1-yl)acetate is prepared as described in Example 2, starting with 3.2 g of 60% sodium hydride in 200 cm3 of 1,2-dimethoxyethane, 16.4 cm3 of triethyl phosphonoacetate and 9.5 g of 3-hydroxy-2-benzyl-2,3-dihydroisoindol-1-one. The mixture is refluxed for 18 hours and is then cooled to a temperature in the region of 20° C. The reaction mixture is treated with 100 cm3 of water and then with 100 cm3 of ethyl acetate. After separation of the phases by settling, the aqueous phase is extracted twice with 100 cm3 of ethyl acetate. The organic extracts are combined, washed with 50 cm3 of brine, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered and then concentrated to dryness under reduced pressure (2 kPa) at a temperature in the region of 40° C. The residue is purified by chromatography under argon pressure (60 kPa) on a column of silica gel (particle size 15-40 μm), eluting with successive mixtures of cyclohexane/ethyl acetate (75/25 and then 67/33 by volume). The fractions comprising the expected product are combined and concentrated to dryness under reduced pressure (2 kPa) at a temperature in the region of 40° C. 8.7 g of ethyl (2-benzyl-3-oxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindol-1-yl)acetate are thus obtained in the form of a viscous yellow oil. (Rf=0.35, thin layer chromatography on silica gel, eluent: cyclohexane/ethyl acetate (75/25 by volume)).

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