Methyl iodide → 3H-1,3,4-Benzotriazepine, 7-chloro-3-methyl-2-(methylthio)-5-phenyl-

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The reaction vessel was charged with 11.5 grams (479 moles) of sodium hydride (99%) and 850 ml of dry N,N-dimethylformamide. To this mixture, 132 grams (437 moles) of 7-chloro-1,3-dihydro-3-methyl-5-phenyl-2H-1,3,4-benzotriazepine-2-thione (Example 15) was added with stirring using a screw feed solid addition apparatus while the system was flushed with dry nitrogen. Thirty minutes after addition was complete, the resulting reaction mass was cooled to about 6° C. and 30.0 ml (482 moles) of methyl iodide was added quickly with stirring. The temperature of the reaction mixture rose to about 20° C. The reaction mass was stirred for an additional 30 minutes in an ice bath and for about two hours at ambient temperature. The reaction mixture was poured into about 7 liters of ice water. The yellow precipitate which formed was collected, washed with water, and dissolved in about 1 liter of diethyl ether. The ether solution was washed with water, dried with magnesium sulfate, and concentrated in vacuo on a rotary evaporator. The title compound was left as a viscous yellow-orange oil which solidified on triturating with 100 ml of hexane. The resulting yellow product had a melting point of 100° to 102° C. Elemental analysis was used to confirm the structure.

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