Sodium Carbonate → HCID 9856409, compound

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

50 ml of CH2Cl2 and 5 g (0.0227 mols) of (I) are loaded into a 250 ml pyrex round-bottom flask, under nitrogen and stirring, then 2.4 g of Na2CO3 (0.045 mols) are added thereto. The mixture is cooled to 0-5° C., irradiated from the outside with a 300 watt halogen lamp while adding a 1:1 chlorine and nitrogen gaseous mixture with 6 ml/minute flow, for 3 hours, then nitrogen for 10 minutes at the same flow rate. The mixture is filtered at 30° C. and methylene chloride is evaporated off. The residue is taken up with 15 ml of hexane and 4 ml of ethyl acetate, refluxed for 15 minutes, then cooled to 0° C. for 2 hours. The solid residue is recrystallized twice with the same solvent, to obtain 2.5 g (43% yield) of 5-cyano-10-chloro-10,11-dihydro-5H-dibenz[b,f]azepine (III) with melting point 139-140° C.

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