Hydrochloric Acid → 7-Methoxy-1-methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline

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Sodium borohydride (3.81 g, 100.8 mmol) was slowly added at 0° C. to a solution of 7-methoxy-1-methyl-3,4-dihydroisoquinoline (14.72 g, 84 mmol) prepared in Step 2 in anhydrous methanol (100 ml). The reaction mixture was stirred overnight at room temperature. 1N hydrochloric acid was added to the reaction mixture, which was concentrated under reduced pressure, basified with potassium hydroxide, and then extracted with dichloromethane. The organic layer was washed with a saturated sodium chloride solution, dried on anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and then concentrated under reduced pressure to give 11.01 g of the titled compound as brown oil. (Yield: 74%) The product was used in the subsequent step without further purification.

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