Ethanol → 5-Methoxy-2,3-dihydro-1H-indene-1-carbonitrile

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Dissolve sodium metal (1.51 g, 66.0 mmol) in abs. EtOH (50 ml) and DME (100 ml) and add the resulting solution drop-wise to a mixture of 5-methoxy-1-indanone (3.57 g, 22.0 mmol), tosylmethyl isocyanide (6.45 g, 33.0 mmol) and DME (150 ml) cooled to −5° C. under nitrogen. After addition is complete (ca. one hour), allow mixture to slowly obtain ambient temperature and stir overnight. After cooling to 0° C., carefully quench with water and extract with EtOAc (2×). Wash the combined extracts with water and brine, dry (MgSO4) and concentrate. Purify on silica gel (toluene) to give 5-methoxy-indan-1-carbonitrile (2.55 g) as a yellow oil. 1HNMR (CDCl3): 7.31 (d, 1H), 6.80 (m, 2H), 4.05 (t, 1H), 3.80 (s, 3H), 3.07 (m, 1H), 2.93 (m, 1H), 2.56 (m, 1H), 2.39 (m, 1H).

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