Ammonia → 6-Hydroxy-7-methylisoquinolin-1(2H)-one

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A 1 M solution of boron tribromide (2.9 ml, 2.91 mmol) was added dropwise to a stirred suspension of 6-methoxy-7-methyl-2H-isoquinolin-1-one (100 mg, 0.53 mmol) in 1 ml of dichloromethane at 0-4° C. (ice bath). After stirring for 1 day at ambient temperature the reaction mixture was poured into ice and the pH was adjusted to 9 by adding concentrated aqueous ammonia. The precipitated material was collected by filtration, washed with water, and dried in vacuo to give 6-Hydroxy-7-methyl-2H-isoquinolin-1-one (51 mg, 55%), El-MS: 176.6 [M+H]+

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