Reduction of 4,5-dimethoxybenzocyclobutane-1-carbonitrile (I) with BH3 in THF gives 4,5-dimethoxybenzocyclobutan-1-ylmethylamine (II), which is treated with ethyl chloroformate (III) and triethylamine in dichloromethane to yield carbamate (IV). Reduction of carbamate (IV) by means of LiAlH4 in THF provides racemic N-(4,5-dimethoxybenzocyclobutan-1-yl)-N-methylamine (V), which is submitted to optical resolution with camphorsulfonic acid (CSA) to afford the desired (S)-enantiomer (VI). Reaction of the known 3-(3-chloropropyl)-7,8-dimethoxy-2,3-dihydro-1H-3-benzazepin-2-one (VII) with NaI in acetone yields the corresponding 3-iodopropyl derivative (VIII), which is condensed with the chiral amine (VI) by means of K2CO3 in acetone to afford adduct (IX). Finally, this compound is hydrogenated with H2 over Pd(OH)2 in AcOH.