Hexamethylenetetramine → HCID 9964644, compound

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To a flame dried round bottom flask equipped with a nitrogen cap was added 972 mg (4.8 mmol) 6-Methoxy-3-methyl-1,1a,3,7b-tetrahydro-3-aza-cyclopropa[a]naphthalen-2-one, 40 ml of trifluoroacetic acid and 806 mg (5.7 mmol) of hexamethylene tetraamine. The mixture was stirred under reflux for 1.5 hours and then cooled to ambient temperature. The reaction mixture was quenched in 200 ml ice and then treated with solid sodium carbonate until pH 9 was reached. The aqueous phase was extracted with chloroform (3×30 ml). The combined organics were then washed with brine followed by drying over sodium sulfate and evaporation in vacuo. The crude residue was taken up in ethyl acetate whereupon crystals formed. Four crops totaling 373 mg were obtained. The mother liquors were purified by silica gel column chromatography eluting with 1/1 ethyl acetate/hexane to afford another 98 mg (total yield 42%) of a white solid which was used directly in the following step. Mass spectrum APCI m/e 232 (p+1).

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