Cyclobutanone → 4-[(3-Cyclobutyl-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-3-benzazepin-7-yl)oxy]-N-methyl-3-(methyloxy)benzamide

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N-Methyl-3-(methyloxy)-4-(2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-3-benzazepin-7-yloxy)benzamide (E264, Step 6) (78 mg, 0.24 mmol) was dissolved in dry dichloromethane (5 ml), treated with cyclobutanone (0.04 ml, 0.48 mmol) and acetic acid (1 drop) and the resulting mixture stirred for 15 minutes. Sodium triacetoxyborohydride (102 mg, 0.48 mmol) was added and the mixture stirred for 30 minutes. The mixture was diluted with methanol and applied to a SCX column eluting with methanol and then a mixture of 0.880 ammonia/methanol (1:9). The basic fractions were combined and concentrated in vacuo. The resulting residue was purified by column chromatography eluting with a mixture of ammonia:methanol:dichloromethane (0.5:4.5:95 0.880) to afford the title compound (20 mg); MS (ES+) m/e 381 [M+H]+.

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