Potassium Cyanide → HCID 54536415, compound

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A mixture of (5S)-5-iodomethyl-1-(p-toluenesulfonyl)-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-benzazepine (1.41 g), potassium cyanide (0.42 g), a catalytic amount of 18-crown-6 and dimethylformamide (16 ml) is heated with stirring at 85° C. for one hour. To the mixture is added potassium cyanide (0.42 g), and the mixture is further stirred at 85° C. for totally 6 hours. To the reaction solution is added ice, and the mixture is extracted with ethyl acetate--toluene. The extract is dried over sodium sulfate, and concentrated under reduced pressure to remove the solvent. The residue is purified by silica gel column chromatography (solvent; n-hexane:ethyl acetate=4:1), and recrystallized from ethyl acetate--n-hexane to give (5R)-5-cyanomethyl-1-(p-toluenesulfonyl)-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-benzazepine (0.41 g).

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