2,3-Difluorobenzaldehyde → tert-Butyl 1-(2,3-difluorobenzyl)-5-oxo-4-(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)-1,4-diazepan-6-ylcarbamate

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A mixture of tert-butyl 7-oxo-1-(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)-1,4-diazepan-6-ylcarbamate (51 mg, 0.16 mmol), 2,3-difluorobenzaldehyde (0.053 mL, 0.49 mmol), and sodium cyanoborohydride (31 mg, 0.49 mmol) in methanol (5 mL) was adjusted to pH 4 with acetic acid. After 0.5 h, saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate was added and the mixture was extracted with dichloromethane (3×). The combined organic extracts were dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated. Purification by silica gel chromatography [100% dichloromethane→95% dichloromethane/5% (10% ammonium hydroxide/methanol)] gave the title compound (62 mg). MS 438 (M+1).

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