1,4]-Diazepan-6-ols are easily oxidized to ketones using Swern or Dess-Martin oxidation conditions. The fluorination of these [1,4]-diazepanones with diethylaminosulfur trifluoride (DAST) affords gem-difluorohomopiperazines. Detosylation under microwave conditions represents a rapid method to access the corresponding amines in high yields.
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