Acetic Acid → HCID 10313855, compound

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A mixture of 5.48 g of 9-bromo-6,11-dihydrodibenz[b,e]oxepin-11-carbonitrile, 80 ml of conc. hydrochloric acid and 80 ml of acetic acid was heated under reflux for 15 hours. The reaction mixture was allowed to stand at room temperature. The crystals precipitated were collected by filtration and dissolved in dichloromethane. The solution was washed with water, dried and concentrated to dryness under reduced pressure. The crude crystals were recrystallized from toluene to obtain 1.83 g of Compound R.

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