Acetaldehyde → 8-Chloro-6-(2-fluorophenyl)-1-methyl-3-morpholino-4H-imidazo[1,5-a][1,4]benzodiazepine 5-oxide

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A mixture of 4.2 g (0.01 mole) of 7-chloro-5-(2-fluorophenyl)-2,3-dihydro-N-hydroxy-α-(4-morpholinyl)-1H-1,4-benzodiazepine-2-methanimine 4-oxide, 50 ml of glacial acetic acid and 4 ml of acetaldehyde was heated to reflux for 5 minutes. The cooled reaction mixture was poured on ice, made alkaline with ammonia and extracted with methylene chloride. The extracts were dried and evaporated and the residue was crystallized from ether/2-propanol to yield yellow crystals.

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