Ammonium Acetate → HCID 86686027, compound

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A mixture of 4-(6-chloro-1,1-dimethyl-3-oxo-1,3-dihydro-isoindol-2-yl)-6,7-dihydro-5H-isoquinolin-8-one (408 mg, 1.2 mmol), NaBH3CN (75 mg, 1.2 mmol) and CH3COONH4 (1.0 g, 12 mmol) in isopropanol (10 mL) was heated to reflux for 3 hours. After cooling to room temperature, it was concentrated to afford a yellowish oil which was extracted between water with EtOAc (2×100 mL). The combined organic layers were washed with brine, dried over anhy. Na2SO4, filtered and concentrated in vacuo to afford the crude title compound (327 mg, 80%) as a brown solid. MS: 342.1 & 325.1 (M+H+).

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