Methyl 4-fluorobenzoate → Methyl 4-(4-methyl-1,4-diazepan-1-yl)benzoate

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1-Methyl-1,4-diazepane (15.07 g, 132.00 mmol) was added to methyl 4-fluorobenzoate (7.76 mL, 60 mmol) in DMA (150 mL). The resulting solution was stirred at 100° C. for 40 h. The reaction mixture was evaporated and quenched with 2M sodium hydroxide (50 ml). This was extracted with DCM (3×50 ml). The combined organic extracts were washed with saturated brine (50 ml), dried over MgSO4, filtered and evaporated to dryness. The crude product was purified by silica column chromatography, eluting with a gradient of 0 to 10% MeOH in DCM. Pure fractions were evaporated to dryness to afford methyl 4-(4-methyl-1,4-diazepan-1-yl)benzoate (3.59 g, 24.10%) as a tan waxy solid.

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