Hydrochloric Acid → Indacrinone

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Reaction Steps

A stirred mixture of 2-methyl-2-phenyl-5-hydroxy-6,7-dichloro-1-indanone (2.05 g., 0.0067 mole), potassium carbonate (1.85 g., 0.0134 mole) and ethyl bromoacetate (2.23 g., 0.0134 mole) in dimethylformamide (30 ml.) is warmed at 55°-60° C. for 3 hours, then treated with potassium hydroxide (0.97 g., 0.0147 mole) dissolved in a minimum amount of water in methanol (30 ml.) and heated on a steam bath for 21/2 hours. The reaction mixture is poured into water (500 ml.), acidified with 6 N hydrochloric acid and the precipitate collected after trituration with ether-petroleum ether and dried to give 1.31 g. of (1-oxo-2-methyl-2-phenyl-6,7-dichloro-5-indanyloxy)acetic acid which melts at 168°-169° C. on crystallization from acetic acid:water, 1:1.

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