Potassium Carbonate → Ethyl 4-[(3-cyclobutyl-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-3-benzazepin-7-yl)oxy]butanoate

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Ethyl 4-bromobutyrate (2 ml, 13.8 mmol) was added to a stirred solution of 3-cyclobutyl-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-benzo[d]azepin-7-ol (E3) (2.00 g, 9.2 mmol) and potassium carbonate (3.8 g, 27.6 mmol) in 2-butanone (50 ml). After stirring at reflux for 24 hours, the reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature, filtered and concentrated in vacuo. The resulting crude material was purified by column chromatography eluting with a mixture of methanol:dichloromethane (5:95) to afford the title compound (E167a). MS (ES+) m/e 332 [M+H]+

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