Toluene → (+)-(4aR)-(10bR)-4-methyl-8-(9-anthracenyl)-10b-methyl-1,2,3,4,4a,5,6,10b-octahydrobenzo[f]quinolin-3-one

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A 15 mL round bottom flask was charged with (+)-(4aR)-(10bR)-4-methyl-8-bromo-10b-methyl-1,2,3,4,4a,5,6,10b-octahydrobenzo[f]quinolin-3-one (200 mg, 0.65 mmol), tetrakis (triphenylphosphine) palladium (0) (23 mg, 0.02 mmol), 9-anthracenylboronic acid (159 mg, 0.78 mmol), 0.65 mL of sodium carbonate and 2 mL of toluene, fitted with a reflux condenser, and the stirred mixture was heated at 80°, under nitrogen, for 48 h. The mixture was cooled, diluted with chloroform (75 mL) and washed with brine (2×25 mL). The combined organic extracts were dried over sodium sulfate, concentrated, and purified by silica gel chromatography (EtOAc eluent) to give 112 mg (43%) of the title compound as an amorphous solid. mp 95°-110°. FDMS: m/e=405. α[D]589 =+45.73 (c=0.66, chloroform).

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