Dimethylformamide → (Z)-8-bromo-5-chloro-2,3-dihydrobenzo[b]oxepine-4-carbaldehyde

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Phosphorus oxychloride, POCl3 (1.88 mL, 20.8 mmol) was added dropwise to DMF (5 mL) at 0° C. After 30 min a solution of 8-bromo-3,4-dihydrobenzo[b]oxepin-5(2H)-one 8 (2.0 g, 8.3 mmol) in 8 mL DMF was added dropwise. The reaction mixture was allowed to reach room temperature to stir 2 hr, then poured slowly over rapidly stirred ice water. The aqueous phase was extracted with ethylacetate and the combined organics were washed with brine, dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated to give (Z)-8-bromo-5-chloro-2,3-dihydrobenzo[b]oxepine-4-carbaldehyde.

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