Methyl iodide → HCID 57853869, compound

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A solution of (2-thioxo-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-benzo[b]azepin-8-yl)-carbamic acid tert-butyl ester (5.0 g, 17.1 mmol) and potassium carbonate (4.7 g, 34.0 mmol) in acetone (400 mL) was treated with iodomethane (2.5 mL, 5.7 g, 40.0 mmol). The mixture was stirred for 12 h and concentrated. The residue was partitioned between water (100 mL) and DCM (200 mL). The aqueous phase was extracted again with DCM and the combined organic phases were dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated. The residue was purified by silica gel chromatography with DCM/MeOH (9:1) to give (2-methylsulfanyl-4,5-dihydro-3H-benzo[b]azepin-8-yl)-carbamic acid tert-butyl ester (2.2 g, 7.2 mmol, 42%): 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.1 (m, 3H), 2.92 (t, 1H), 2.81 (t, 1H), 2.55 (s, 3H), 2.4 (q, 2H), 2.32 (q, 2H), 1.6 (s, 9H); MS (m/e) 307 (M+1).

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