Trifluoroacetic acid → 4-fluoro-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindol-1-one

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4.05 g (about 24.2 mmol) of 4-fluoro-3-hydroxy-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindol-1-one were initially charged in 10 ml of dichloromethane, 22.4 ml (290.8 mmol) of trifluoroacetic acid and 7.7 ml (48.5 mmol) of triethylsilane were added and the mixture was stirred at RT overnight. The reaction mixture was then concentrated and the residue was dissolved in dichloromethane and washed with sodium bicarbonate solution. The crude product was purified by chromatography on silica gel (mobile phase cyclohexane/ethyl acetate 3:1 to 1:1). This gave 890 mg (24.2% of theory) of the target compound.

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