Potassium Sodium Tartrate → 2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-1-benzazepine

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A solution of 1,3,4,5-tetrahydro-2H-1-benzazepin-2-one (2.71 g, 16.7 mmol) in THF (40 mL) was added dropwise to a suspension of LAH (1.27 g, 33.4 mmol) in ether (150 mL) at room temperature. The mixture was refluxed for 16 h. Saturated Rochelle's salt solution (15 mL) was added to the mixture cooled with an ice-water bath. The mixture was stirred for 2 hrs and the two layers were separated. The aqueous layer was extracted with ether (2×25 mL). The combined organic layer was dried (Na2SO4), concentrated in vacuo and flash column chromatography (EtOAc:hexane/3:7) gave 2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-1-benzazepine (2.40 g, 98%) as a yellow liquid. 1H NMR (CDCl3, 300 MHz) δ 1.58-1.70 (m, 2H), 1.72-1.86 (m, 2H), 2.72-2.82 (m, 2H), 3.00-3.10 (m, 2H), 3.78 (br, 1H), 6.74 (dd, J=1.1, 7.7 Hz, 1H), 6.82 (td, J=7.3, 1.1 Hz, 1H), 7.04 (td, J=7.5, 1.5 Hz, 1H), 7.11 (d, J=7.4 Hz, 1H) ppm.

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