3-Methoxybenzonitrile → 9-methoxy-2-(3-methoxyphenyl)-7,8-dihydro-[1,4]diazepino[7,1-a]isoquinolin-5(4H)-one

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(Z)-2-(5-methoxy-3,4-dihydroisoquinolin-1(2H)-ylidene)-1-(3-methoxyphenyl)ethanimine. 1-1. A flask was charged with 5-methoxy-1-methyl-3,4-dihydroisoquinoline (3.0 g, 17.1 mmol) and Et2O (100 mL) under N2 and cooled to −30° C. A 2M solution of LDA (8.56 mL, 17.1 mmol) was added dropwise. The resulting brown suspension was stirred for 30 min at this temperature, and then cooled to −78° C. A solution of 3-methoxybenzonitrile (2.28 g, 17.1 mmol) in Et2O (25 mL) was added dropwise. The mixture was stirred at −78° C. for 1 h, and then allowed to warm to RT and stirred for another 18 h. the mixture was then poured onto H2O and extracted with AcOEt. The org. layers were dried over Na2SO4, filtered and concentrated in vacuo to give the title compound (5.9 g) as a brown oil that was used as it is in the next step. UPLC-MS: MS 309.3 (M+H+); UPLC rt 0.73 min.

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