Resorcinol → 2-chloro-5,11-dihydro-11-ethyl-8-(3-hydroxyphenyl)methyl-5-methyl-6H-dipyrido[3,2-b:2',3'-e][1,4]diazepin-6-one

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Resorcinol (0.082 g, 0.74 mmol) in dimethyl sulfoxide (1 mL) was treated with potassium tert-butoxide (1.0M in tetrahydrofuran, 0.15 mL, 0.15 mmol). The resulting stirred solution was treated with 2-chloro-8-chloromethyl-5,11-dihydro-11-ethyl-5-methyl-6H-dipyrido[3,2-b:2',3'-e][1,4]diazepin-6-one (0.050 g, 0.14 mmol) in dimethyl sulfoxide (1 mL) and the mixture was stirred an additional 16 hours. The mixture was diluted with ethyl acetate (50 mL) washed with brine, water, and brine (15 mL each). The organics were dried over sodium sulfate, concentrated and the residue was purified by flash chromatography (hexanes to 1:1 hexanes/ethyl acetate gradient) followed by crystallization from hexanes to give the title compound (0.031 g, 51%), m.p. 219°-220° C.

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