Sodium hydride → HCID 21996872, compound

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Sodium hydride (60% suspension in oil, 0.25 g, 6.25 mmol) was washed with hexane, dried under nitrogen and resuspended in dry dimethylformamide (10 mL). Neat 3-methylpyrazole (0.28 mL, 3.5 mmol) was added in one portion at ambient temperature. Stirring was continued until the gas evolution subsided. The (5-fluoro-2-(methyl)-phenyl)-(6,11-dihydro-5H-pyrido[2,3-b][1,5]benzodiazepin-6-yl)-methanone of Step B (0.75 g, 1.94 mmol) was added in one portion to the clear solution. The mixture was heated to reflux for 26 hours, cooled and partitioned between water and ethyl acetate. The organic extracts were dried over sodium sulfate and evaporated to dryness. The residue was dissolved in dichloromethane and absorbed onto a silica Merck-60 flash column. Elution with hexane-ethyl acetate (gradient from 8:2 to 7:3) provided the title product (0.55 g) as a pale yellow foam which was crystallized by sonication from hexane-ethanol, m.p. 209-210° C.

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