“…Access to seven‐membered ring systems, especially seven‐membered N ‐heterocyclic systems, have gained growing interest among the synthetic community owing to the continuing identification of the seven‐membered‐ring‐containing natural products with the appealing pharmacological and pesticidal activities . Attractive N ‐heterocyclic systems include azepine derivatives, which are unique structural motifs presented in many biologically active natural products and pharmaceuticals, such as balanol,, capuramycin and its derivatives, (−)‐cobactin T,– tuberocrooline,, (−)‐stemoamide,– and ( S )‐3‐(3,4‐dichlorophenyl)‐2,3,4,7‐tetrahydro‐1 H ‐azepine (Scheme ). Accordingly, considerable efforts has been devoted to the development of new efficient methods for assembling azepines .…”