Acetic Acid → tert-butyl 4-(2-(1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolin-5-yl)-5-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-5,6-dihydropyridine-1(2H)-carboxylate

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A solution of tert-butyl 4-(2-(isoquinolin-5-yl)-5-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-5,6-dihydropyridine-1(2H)-carboxylate (9.80 g, 21.56 mmol) in 50 mL MeOH was treated with acetic acid (1.234 ml, 21.56 mmol) and platinum(IV) oxide (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, Mo., 0.979 g, 4.31 mmol) and was placed under 45 psi (4559.6 kpa) H2 overnight. The reaction mixture was filtered through a plug of diatomaceous earth and concentrated. The resulting residue was taken up in DCM, was washed with saturated NaHCO3 solution, the organics dried over MgSO4 and concentrated yielding tert-butyl 4-(2-(1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolin-5-yl)-5-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-5,6-dihydropyridine-1(2H)-carboxylate (8.21 g, 17.91 mmol).

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