Trifluoroacetic acid → Benzyl (3R)-6-(2,3-difluorophenyl)-2-oxo-2,3,4,7-tetrahydro-1H-azepin-3-ylcarbamate

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Trifluoroacetic acid (60 mL) was added to a solution of benzyl (3R)-6-(2,3-difluorophenyl)-1-(2,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-2-oxo-2,3,4,7-tetrahydro-1H-azepin-3-ylcarbamate (3.70 g, 7.08 mmol) in dichloromethane (40 mL). After 18 h, the mixture was concentrated at 25 □C, methanol (150 mL) was added, and the precipitate filtered. The filtrate was concentrated and diluted with dichloromethane (100 mL). The mixture was extracted with water (2×), saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate (2×), and saturated brine, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered and concentrated. Purification by silica gel chromatography (5% ethyl acetate/hexanes→65% ethyl acetate/hexanes) gave the title compound (1.75 g). MS 373.1 (M+1).

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