Potassium Nitrate → 5,5-dimethyl-8-nitro-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-benzo[b]azepine

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At 0° C., KNO3 (0.76 g, 7.54 mmol) was added portionwise to a solution of 5,5-dimethyl-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-benzo[b]azepine (1.1 g, 6.28 mmol) in H2SO4 (15 mL). After stirring 15 min at this temperature, the mixture was poured into ice water, basified with sat. NaHCO3 to pH 8 and extracted with EtOAc. The organic layer was washed with brine, dried over Na2SO4 and concentrated to give crude 5,5-dimethyl-8-nitro-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-benzo[b]azepine (1.2 g), which was used directly in the next step without further purification.

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