Nitric Acid → HCID 13338331, compound

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To a cold solution of 67.2 g (0.34 mol, U.S. Pat. No. 4,265,890) of 6-chloro-3-methyl-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-3-benzazepine in 100 ml of sulfuric acid was added, dropwise over 2 hours, 40 ml of concentrated nitric acid. The mixture was stirred at room temperature overnight and quenched in ice. It was made basic with 10% sodium hydroxide solution and extracted with methylene chloride. The organic phase was washed, dried and evaporated to leave a residue, which was chromatographed over a "Waters prep 500" high pressure liquid chromatographic silica gel column, using isopropanol-hexanediethylamine, to give pure 6-chloro-3-methyl-9-nitro-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-3-benzazepine.

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