Acetic Acid → HCID 22499230, compound

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According to the procedure of A. F. Abdel-Magid, et. al. J. Org. Chem. 1996, 61, 3849-3862. triethylamine (0.87 mL, 6.17 mmol) is added to a stirred suspension 2,3,5,6,7,8-hexahydro-1H-cyclopenta[b]naphthalen-2-ylamine in 1,2-dichloroethane (30 mL) under nitrogen at room temperature. Benzaldehyde (0.52 mL, 5.14 mmol) is then added followed by sodium triacetoxyborohydride (1.64 g, 7.7 mmol) and acetic acid (0.44 mL, 7.7 mmol). The reaction is stirred at room temperature for 18 hours. After diluting with dichloromethane the mixture is washed with aqueous NaOH (50 mL, 1M) followed by brine. Removal of the solvent and chromatography (silica, ethyl acetate/hexane, 2:1) affords an oil.

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