Benzoyl chloride → HCID 12940182, compound

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A mixture of 2-amino-1,3,4,6,7,11b-hexahydro-9,10-dimethoxy-2H-benzo[a]quinolizine (5 g, 0.019 mole), 150 ml of benzene and 25 ml of 20% NaOH was cooled in an ice bath, and a solution of benzoyl chloride (2.7 g, 0.019 mole) in 10 ml of benzene was added dropwise with stirring. The mixture was stirred in the cold for 30 minutes and at room temperature for 1 hour. The solid was collected, dissolved in chloroform, washed with water, dried over MgSO4 and concentrated in vacuo to leave a solid residue. The solid was crystallized from acetone-petroleum ether and chromatographed over silica gel using benzene-MeOH (9:1) as the eluant. The major fraction (3.9 g) was converted to the HCl salt with hydrogen chloride in 2-propanol, and concentrated in vacuo to isolate the salt. The salt was crystallized from methanol-ether and again from absolute ethanol-ether to yield 3.0 g of the desired product, m.p. (decomposed at 250°-1°). This compound conforms with Formula II where R1 and R2 are OCH3, R3 is H and R4 is phenyl.

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