Sulfuric Acid → HCID 10802931, compound

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1.8 g of α-[[(3-methylbenzyl)amino]methyl]-3,4-dimethoxybenzyl alcohol was dissolved in 13.5 ml of trifluoroacetic acid, and after adding thereto 0.41 ml of conc. sulfuric acid under ice cooling, the mixture was allowed to react for 40 minutes. The reaction solution was concentrated, and subjected to azeotropic distillation with chloroform 2 times, and after adding chloroform, the mixture was basified by addition of 28% aqueous ammonia. By a separating procedure, the chloroform layer was collected, washed with water once, and dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. The solvent was distilled off, and the residue was subjected to silica gel column chromatography (chloroform-methanol-28% aqueous ammonia (15:1:0.1); a material of Rf being 0.46 [Kiesel gel 60F254 plate, chloroform-methanol-28% aqueous ammonia (15:1:0.1)] was collected, recrystallized from chloroform-n-hexane, and recrystallized from the same solvent system several times, giving 870 mg of 4-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-7-methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline (m.p. 129°-131° C.).

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