Calcium Chloride → HCID 827053, compound

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To a solution of 2-nitro-10-oxo-dibenzo[b,f]thiepine (2.40 g, 9.30 mmol) (Coll. Czech. Chem. Commun. 1977, 42:2231) in 78% ethanol, was added a solution of CaCl2 (0.66 g, 5.90 mmol) in water (1.00 mL) followed by zinc dust (19.9 g, 30.4 mmol). The reaction mixture was refluxed for 2 h, filtered through celite and washed extensively with hot ethanol. The ethanol filtrate was concentrated to 5.00 mL and water was added to precipitate out the product. The product was filtered and dried under vacuum, purification was performed by recrystallization from EtOAc and hexane, yield 1.97 g (92.3%).

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