Nitric Acid → 7-Nitro-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-benzo[D]azepine

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2,3,4,5-Tetrahydro-1H-benzo[d]azepine (535 mg/3.63 mmol, neat) was cooled to −10° C. (acetone/ice bath), treated with neat fuming nitric acid (ca. 10 mL, precooled to −10° C.), and allowed to stir for 30 minutes. The yellow solution was then poured onto ice with vigorous stirring. The resulting white solid was collected by filtration and washed with ice cold water and dried in vacuo to afford the nitrate salt of 7-Nitro-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-benzo[d]azepine as a white solid (650 mg/70%). The filtrate was basified with 1 N sodium hydroxide and extracted with methylene chloride (2×20 mL). The extracts were dried and concentrated to yield an additional 200 mg (25%) of the free base 7-Nitro-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-benzo[d]azepine. 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 8.87 (br s, 2 H), 8.13 (s, 1H), 8.08 (dd, J=8.1 Hz, 1H), 7.51 (d, J=8.1 Hz, 1H), 3.21 (m, 8H).

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