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The condensation of 4-fluorophenol (I) with 1,2-dibromoethane (II) in basic medium gives 2-(4-fluorophenyl)ethyl bromide (III), which by reaction with N-benzoyl-2-hydroxyglycine (IV) in methanesulfonic acid yields N-benzoyl-2-[2-(2-bromoethoxy)-5-fluorophenyl]glycine (V). The cyclization of (V) with acetic anhydride and triethylamine at 50 C affords 6-fluoro-2'-phenylspiro[2,3-dihydro-4H-1-benzopyran-4,4'-oxazolidine]-5'-one (VI), which is hydrolyzed with refluxing formic acid-HCl giving the amino acid (VII). The esterification of (VII) with SOCl2 and methanol in the usual way yields the methyl ester (VIII), which is submitted to optical resolution by selective hydrolysis with alpha-chymotrypsine affording methyl 4(S)-amino-6-fluoro-2,3-dihydro-4H-1-benzopyrano-4-carboxylate (IX). Finally, this compound is converted into sorbinil by cyclization with sodium cyanate in acetic acid at room temperature.