2-Nitrophenyl selenocyanate → rel-(3S,5S)-7-Chloro-5-(2-cyclopropylethynyl)-1,5-dihydro-3-ethen yl-5-(trifluoromethyl)-4,1-benzoxazepin-2(3H)-one

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To a room temperature solution of 409 mg (1.8 mmol) of 2-nitrophenylselenocyanate in 5.0 mL of THF was added 16 mL of ethanol and 90 mg of sodium borohydride. After stirring 1 h, a solution of 260 mg of rel-3S,5S)-3-(2-Bromoethyl)-7-chloro-5-cyclopropylethynyl-1,5-dihydro-5-(trifluoromethyl)-4,1-benzoxazepin-2(3H)-one in 1.5 mL of dry THF and 8 mL of ethanol was added, and the resulting mixture was stirred at ambient temperature for 2 h, at which time an additional 20 mg of sodium borohydride was added and stirring was continued for an additional 2 h. The reaction mixture was partitioned between water and ether, and the organic layer was washed with aqueous bicarbonate and brine, dried and evaporated. The crude product was purified by column chromatography over silica gel (elution with 10-25% ethyl acetate in hexanes) to give 130 mg of the title compound as a pure solid: HRMS: Calcd. for C17H14NO2F3Cl (M+H)+ : 354.0508. Found: 354.0487.

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