Sodium Hydroxide → 3-[7-(1,3-Dimethyl-1H-pyrazol-5-yl)-1,2,4,5-tetrahydro-3H-3-benzazepin-3-yl]-1-butanol

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To a stirred solution of 7-(1,3-dimethyl-1H-pyrazol-5-yl)-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-3-benzazepine (0.5 g) (intermediate 3) in tetrahydrofuran (5 ml), at room temperature, 4-hydroxy-2-butanone (0.22 g), glacial acetic acid (0.12 ml) and sodium triacetoxyborohydride (0.53 g) were subsequently added. After stirring over night the mixture was made alkaline with 1N aqueous sodium hydroxide and extracted with dichloromethane. The organic phase was dried with sodium sulphate and evaporated under reduced pressure. The crude product was purified by chromatography on silica gel with 70% cyclohexane-ethyl acetate to give the title compound (0.25 g) as a white solid.

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