Diisopropylethylamine → Phenyl[4-(5H-pyrrolo[2,1-c][1,4]benzodiazepin-10(11H)-ylcarbonyl)phenyl]methanone

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To solution of 10,11-dihydro-5H-pyrrolo[2,1-c][1,4]benzodiazepine (0.807 g, 4.38 mmol) in dry dichloromethane (20 mL) cooled in an ice bath was added N,N-diisopropylethyl amine (1.14 mL). The solution was treated dropwise with a suspension of 4-benzoylbenzoyl chloride (prepared from 3 mmol of 4-benzoylbenzoic acid and oxalyl chloride) in 8 mL of dichloromethane. The solution was stirred overnight at room temperature, diluted with dichloromethane, washed with water, 1 N hydrochloric acid, saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate and brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and evaporated to dryness. The residue was flash chromatographed over silica gel Merck-60 with a solvent gradient of 5 to 20% of ethyl acetate in hexane to provide the title compound (1.2 g) as a crystalline solid.

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