Sodium Hydroxide → 1-Methylisoquinolin-6-amine

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6-Ethoxycarbonylamino-1-methylisoquinoline (0.629 g, Production Example 32b) was dissolved in ethanol (20 ml), to which was then added an aqueous 8 N sodium hydroxide solution (6.8 ml), followed by heating under reflux for 1.5 hours. After cooling as it was to room temperature, an aqueous saturated ammonium chloride was added thereto and the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. The extract was washed with brine and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The solvent was evaporated, to give the title compound (0.311 g, 72%) as pale yellow crystals.

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