Potassium Carbonate → 3-tert-butoxycarbonyl-7-chloro-6-(4-cyanobenzyloxy)-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-benzo[d]azepine

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Combine 3-tert-butoxycarbonyl-7-chloro-6-hydroxy-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-benzo[d]azepine (200 mg, 0.67 mmol), potassium carbonate (111 mg, 0.8 mmol), and 4-cyanobenzyl bromide (263 mg, 1.34 mmol) in DMSO (5 mL) and heat the stirred mixture to 100° C. for 24 h. Cool to ambient temperature and partition the mixture between water and EtOAc/hexane (1:1). Wash the organic layer with brine and dry over Na2SO4, filter and concentrate in vacuo. Purify by chromatography on silica gel eluting with hexane/EtOAc (5:1) to give 3-tert-butoxycarbonyl-7-chloro-6-(4-cyanobenzyloxy)-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-benzo[d]azepine as an oil.

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