Dichloromethane → Ethyl (1S)-1-phenyl-3,4-dihydroisoquinoline-2(1H)-carboxylate

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Ethyl chloroformate (5.61 g) was slowly added to a mixture of methylene chloride (100 ml), (1S)-1-phenyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline (10 g) and triethylamine (5.32 g) at 5-15° C. over a period of 30 min. Thereafter, the reaction mass was warmed to 25-30° C. and stirred at 25-30° C. for 1 h. The reaction solution was sequentially washed with water (50 ml), 3% w/w hydrochloric acid (50 ml), water (50 ml) and 5% w/w aqueous sodium chloride (50 ml) at 25-30° C. The solvent was removed under reduced pressure at 30-40° C. to produce (1S)-ethyl 1-phenyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-2-isoquinolinecarboxylate (13.0 g) as a pale yellow oil. Chromatographic Purity (By HPLC): 99.22%.

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