Acetone → HCID 57781096, compound

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

To type-I neutral alumina (16 g) is added cyclopropylamine (4.2 mL, 60 mmol) followed by dichloromethane (10 mL). The resulting slurry is cooled to 0° C. and acetone (6 mL, 82 mmol) is added slowly. The slurry is brought to room temperature and permitted to stir for 9 h, at which time the reaction mixture is filtered through a fritted funnel. The alumina cake is washed with chloroform (150 mL) and homophthalic anhydride (10.0 g, 62 mmol) is added to the combined filtrate. The resulting yellow solution is permitted to stir for 15 h at which time it is concentrated in vacuo and the resulting residue is dissolved in glacial acetic acid (130 mL) and placed at reflux for 4 h. The reaction mixture is then cooled to room temperature and concentrated to dryness in vacuo. The reaction mixture is then purified by silica gel flash chromatography [(6% ethyl acetate/0.08% acetic acid/93.92% dichloromethane) to (18% ethyl acetate/0.24% acetic acid/81.76% dichloromethane)] to afford 2-cyclopropyl-3,3-dimethyl-1-oxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-isoquinoline-4-carboxylic acid as an off-white powder; MS (ESI) m/z 260.1 (M+H).

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