Water → N-Trifluoroacetyl-8-chloro-7-fluoro-1-methyl-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-3-benzazepine

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A solution of N-trifluoroacetyl-8-chloro-1-methyl-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-3-benzazepine (2.5 g, 8.5 mmol) in 1,2-dichloroethane (15 mL) was treated with Selectfluor (3.9 g, 11 mmol), trifluoromethanesulfonic acid (8 mL, 90 mmol) and stirred 60 hours at 75 C. The product mixture was poured into water (200 mL), extracted with EtOAc (200 mL), the organic phase washed with saturated aqueous NaHCO3 (2×100 mL), brine (100 mL), dried with Na2SO4 and concentrated. The crude product was purified by flash chromatography (6% EtOAc in hexane, silica) resulting in 1.6 g of a white solid. MS calculated for C13H12ClF4NO+H: 310, observed: 310.

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