“…5-Fluoro-1-methyl-1,3-dihydroindol-2-one: [32] General procedure C was followed. Thus, treatment of 5-fluoro-3-(3,3,4,4,5,5,6,6,7,7,8,8,9,9,10,10,10-heptadecafluorodecylsulfanyl)-1-methyl-1,3-dihydroindol-2-one (8) (170 mg, 0.26 mmol, 1 equiv) in THF (3 mL) with SmI 2 (6.5 mL of a 0.1 m solution in THF, 0.65 mmol, 2.5 equiv) and purification by fluorous chromatography gave the title compound (31 mg, 0.19 mmol, 71 %) as an orange oil.…”