Hydrochloric Acid → 3-Amino-4,4-dimethyl-1-phenylazepan-2-one

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To a round bottom flask was added tert-butyl 4,4-dimethyl-2-oxo-1-phenylazepan-3-ylcarbamate (6.5 mg, 0.020 mmol) and 4 N HCl in dioxane (1 mL). The reaction was stirred at rt for 1 hr. The solvent was removed to give 3-amino-4,4-dimethyl-1-phenylazepan-2-one (3.8 mg, 0.016 mmol, 84% yield) as the mono hydrochloride salt. Anal. Calcd. for C14H20N2O m/z 232.2. found: 233.2 (M+H)+.

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