Chloroform → HCID 54212508, compound

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To a stirred solution of 6.81 g of cyanogen bromide, 4.7 ml of diisopropylethylamine, and 142 ml of chloroform was added, at room temperature with stirring, a solution of 13.7 g of 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexahydro-3,6,12-trimethyl-2,6-methano-9H-pyrrolo[3,2-h][3]benzazocine and 414 ml of chloroform. The mixture was heated at reflux for 2.6 hr, cooled to room temperature, diluted with aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution, and the layers were separated. The organic layer was washed with sodium bicarbonate solution. The combined aqueous layers were extracted with ether. The combined organic layers were washed with brine, dried over anhydrous potassium carbonate, and filtered. Concentration of the filtrate followed by purification by flash chromatography (silica gel, 2% triethylamine/ethyl acetate) afforded 13.5 g (95%) of 3-cyano-6,12-dimethyl-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexahydro-2,6-methano-9H-pyrrolo[3,2-h][3]benzazocine.

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