Dimethylformamide → HCID 53722372, compound

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A 15 mL round bottom flask was charged with (+)-(4aR)-(10bR)-4-methyl-8-mercapto-10b-methyl-1,2,3,4,4a,5,6,10b-octahydrobenzo[f]quinolin-3-one (100 mg, 0.38 mmol), potassium carbonate (158 mg, 1.14 mmol), 2-chloro-4-propylbenzothiazole (97 mg, 0.46 mmol) and 1 mL of anhydrous dimethylformamide, fitted with a reflux condenser, and the stirred mixture was heated at 60°, under nitrogen, for 18 h. The mixture was cooled, diluted with ethyl acetate (75 mL) and washed with brine (6×25 mL). The combined organic extracts were dried over sodium sulfate, concentrated, and purified by silica gel chromatography (80% ethyl acetate/hexanes eluent) to give 116 mg (70%) of the title compound as an amorphous solid. mp 109°-111°. FDMS: m/e=436. α[D]589 =+45.00 (c=0.80, chloroform).

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