Potassium Carbonate → HCID 67527215, compound

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Reaction Steps

6.9 g of the compound obtained in Step 1, 6.1 g of 6,7-dimethoxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline hydrochloride and 7.7 g of potassium carbonate were added to 80 ml of acetonitrile, and stirred at 80° C. for 14 hours. After washing with 250 ml of distilled water and with 300 ml of aqueous NaCl, the resulting organic layer was dried over MgSO4, filtrated, and distilled under a reduced pressure to obtain 5.3 g of 6,7-dimethoxy-2-[2-(4-nitro-phenylsulfanyl)-ethyl]-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-isoquinoline. The compound was stirred with 3.4 g of Iron, 6.74 ml of 35% HCl and 35 ml of methanol under 1 atmospheric nitrogen atmosphere for 20 hours. The reaction mixture was filtrated through a cellite pad, the pad was washed with methanol, and the filtrate and wash solution were combined, and distilled under a reduced pressure to obtain a residue that gave 3.0 g of the title compound (yield 33%).

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