Sodium Hydroxide → HCID 20323116, compound

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A solution of 3.7 g of 1-methyl-2-chloromethyl-5-phenyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-1,4-benzodiazepine in 20 ml glacial acetic acid and 6 ml concentrated sulfuric acid were reacted at 5° C with a solution of 3.2 g potassium nitrate in 7 ml concentrated sulfuric acid. The reaction mixture was stirred for 1 hour at room temperature, then poured onto ice, made alkaline with dilute sodium hydroxide and extracted with chloroform. The several chloroform extracts were dried and concentrated by evaporation in a vacuum. The residual oil was dissolved in isopropanol and reacted with an ether solution of hydrogen chloride. There were obtained 7-nitro-2-chloromethyl-5-phenyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-1,4-benzodiazepine hydrochloride; m.p. 213° - 214° C.

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