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HRID 2289173Generated: October 30, 2026

Hydrochloric Acid → Methyl L-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline-3-carboxylate

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantHydrochloric AcidHCID 313—
ReactantTrimethyl orthoformateHCID 9005—
Reactant(-)-1,2,3,4-Tetrahydroisoquinoline-3-carboxylic acidHCID 2733226—
SolventMethanolHCID 887—
ProductMethyl L-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline-3-carboxylateHCID 2760579—

Reaction Steps

A mixture of 1 eq. of (S)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-3-isoquinolinecarboxylic acid (Aldrich Chemical Co., Milwaukee, Wis.), 5 eq. of trimethylorthoformate, methanol and catalytic HCl were allowed to heat at reflux for 5 h. Concentration in vacuo provided methyl (S)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-3-isoquinolinecarboxylate.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS06090950
Source datasetuspto-grants-2000_07
ORD IDord-79ad8340afd146e38ac4bd802f82877e
Source noteuspto-grants-2000_07