Methanol → HCID 14724117, compound

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Reaction Steps

Mix 0.415 gm of potassium tert-butoxide, 5 ml of methanol and 5 ml of dimethylformamide and add the mixture to a solution of 1.07 gm of methyl 6,11-dihydro-11-chlorodibenz[b,e]oxepin-2-carboxylate in 40 ml of dimethylformamide. Stir at room temperature for 3 days. Dilute with water and extract with ether. Evaporate to dryness and chromatograph over silica gel with benzene as the eluting solvent to obtain the title product.

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