Water → 10,11-Dihydro-10-hydroxy-5H-dibenz[b,f]azepine-5-carbonitrile

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Reaction Steps

6.60 g (0.030 mols) of (I) are dissolved in 45 ml of chlorobenzene, the mixture is heated to 50° C. under stirring. The resulting solution is added under stirring with 5.6 g (0.0315 mols) of N-bromosuccinimide then with 0.49 g (0.003 mols) of azobisisobutyronitrile, stirring for 1 hour while heating at 75-80° C. The mixture is then is cooled to 40° C., added with 30 ml of water and stirred at 40° C. for 30 minutes, then heated to 80° C. for 3 hours. After decanting for 30 minutes, the aqueous phase is separated and re-extracted with 8 ml of chlorobenzene. The combined organic phases are washed with water (10 ml) and dried, then concentrated at 60° C. to 20 ml, adding 15 ml of hexane at this temperature. The mixture is cooled to 0-5° C. for 30 minutes and the separated solid is filtered, to obtain 3.68 g (52%) of 5-cyano-10-hydroxy-10,11-dihydro-5H-dibenz[b,f]azepine (VI), m.p. 117-8° C., purity>98% (HPLC).

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