2-Bromo-1-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)ethanone → 1-(3,4-Dichlorophenyl)-2-((3-methoxybenzyl)(methyl)amino)ethanone

HRID 2403967

Reaction equation

HRID 2403967 reaction equation
[CH3:1][O:2][C:3]1[CH:4]=[C:5]([CH2:9][NH:10][CH3:11])[CH:6]=[CH:7][CH:8]=1.[Cl:12][C:13]1[CH:14]=[C:15]([CH:20]=[CH:21][C:22]=1[Cl:23])[C:16](=[O:19])[CH2:17]Br>C(N(CC)CC)C>[Cl:12][C:13]1[CH:14]=[C:15]([C:16](=[O:19])[CH2:17][N:10]([CH2:9][C:5]2[CH:6]=[CH:7][CH:8]=[C:3]([O:2][CH3:1])[CH:4]=2)[CH3:11])[CH:20]=[CH:21][C:22]=1[Cl:23]

Participants

4

Procedure

1-(3-Methoxyphenyl)-N-methylmethanamine is reacted with 3,4-dichlorophenacyl bromide in the presence of triethylamine to give 1-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-2-((3-methoxybenzyl)(methyl)amino)ethanone. Reduction of this ketone by sodium borohydride yields 1-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-2-(3-methoxybenzyl)(methyl)amino)ethanol, which undergoes acid mediated cyclization to give 4-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-7-methoxy-2-methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline. This racemic tetraisoquinoline derivative can be separated via chiral HPLC or supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) to give the single enantiomers. Alternatively, the chiral separation can be achieved by recrystallization using chiral acids such as di-p-toluoyl-D-tartaric acid or di-p-toluoyl-L-tartaric acid.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-e7c290ae978d4013995c30099e892f86
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2014_08
Patent number
US08802696B2

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