Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 117857646, compound

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Reaction Steps

To a suspension of (4R,4aR,7aR,12bS)-3-methyl-1,2,3,4,4a,5,6,7a-octahydrospiro[4,12-methanobenzofuro[3,2-e]isoquinoline-7,2′-[1,3]dioxolane]-9-carbonitrile (5.0 g, 17.8 mmol) in dimethylformamide (50 mL) was added diisopropyl azodicarboxylate (5.4 mL, 27.5 mmol). The reaction was heated to 55° C. for 3 hours until the starting material was consumed. To the reaction was added dimedone (5.8 g, 41.4 mmol) and methanol (1.75 mL, 54.8 mmol) and the reaction heated to 60° C. for 3 hours. The reaction was allowed to cool to room temperature and poured into 0.5 M HCl(aq) (50 mL). The aqueous phase was washed with diethyl ether: ethyl acetate (3:1). The organic phase was back extracted with 0.5 M HCl(aq) and acidic phases combined before basifying with 2M NaOH until pH9. The aqueous phase was extracted with ethyl acetate (×3). The combined organic phases were washed with water/brine (×3) before drying over MgSO4 and concentrating under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by silica chromatography (5% methanol in dichloromethane to 5% NH3/methanol in dichloromethane) to give to (4R,4aR,7aR,12bS)-1,2,3,4,4a,5,6,7a-octahydrospiro[4,12-methanobenzofuro[3,2-e]isoquinoline-7,2′-[1,3]dioxolane]-9-carbonitrile as a pale yellow solid (3.90 g, 95% pure LCMS, 81% yield); [M+H]+ 325.1.

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