Potassium Hydroxide → 3-(6,8-Dichloro-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-2-methyl-4-isoquinolinyl)benzoic acid

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3.3 g of ethyl 3-(6,8-dichloro-2-methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolin-4-yl)benzoate (intermediate 4) were dissolved in 60 ml of methanol and admixed with 60 ml of 2 N KOH. After two hours at 50° C., the mixture was concentrated in vacuo and the residue partitioned between water and ether. The water phase was adjusted to a pH of approx. 6 using 2 N HCl and the precipitate which formed was filtered off with suction. Drying afforded 1.7 g of the title compound as a colorless solid.

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