m-Chloroperbenzoic acid → HCID 20270239, compound

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800 Mg. 3-cyano-10,11-dihydrodibenzo[b,f]thiepin is dissolved in 75 cc. methylene chloride and 1.73 g. m-chloroperbenzoic acid is added and the solution stirred at room temperature for three hours. An additional 10 cc. methylene chloride is added, followed by a large excess of powdered calcium hydroxide. After stirring for 5 minutes, the mixture is filtered through celite and the filtrate stripped to dryness and the residual solid triturated with ether and filtered to yield 854 mg. (94%) of the desired pure white solid.

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