Potassium Hydroxide → HCID 21919474, compound

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Potassium hydroxide pellets (86%, 4.47 g, 68.5 mmol) was added to a suspension of (RS,RS,RS)-2-tert-butoxycarbonylamino-9,10-dimethoxy-1,3,4,6,7,11b-hexahydro-2H-pyrido[2,1-a]isoquinoline-3-carboxylic acid ethyl ester (7.44 g, 17.1 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran/water 1:1 (140 mL). After heating 5 h at reflux, the mixture was concentrated in vacuo. The residue was taken up in 1M aq. potassium phosphate buffer (pH 6.85) and dichloromethane, and ethanol was added until a clear two-phase mixture was obtained. The organic layer was separated, washed with brine and evaporated to afford the title compound (6.91 g, 99%). Light yellow solid, MS (ISP) 405.3 (M−H)−.

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