Diisopropylethylamine → 2-[N-Methyl-N-((2-methyl-naphth-1-yl)-eth-2-yl)-amino-prop-3-yl]-6,7-dimethoxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-isoquinolin-1-one hydrochloride

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A mixture of 1.13 g (4 mmol) of 2-(3-chloropropyl)-6,7-dimethoxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-isoquinolin-1-one, 1.04 g (4.4 mmol) of N-methyl-2-(2-methyl-naphth-1-yl)-ethylamine hydrochloride and 1.5 ml of N-ethyl-diisopropylamine is refluxed for 2 hours. The excess N-ethyl-diisopropylamine is evaporated off in vacuo and the residue remaining is dissolved in a mixture of methylene chloride and 2 molar sodium hydroxide solution. The organic phase is separated, washed with water, dried over magnesium sulphate, evaporated down in vacuo and purified over a 150 g silica gel column (0.062-0.2 mm) with methylene chloride and then with increasing amounts of ethanol (up to 5%). The hydrochloride is precipitated from a solution in acetone with ethereal hydrochloric acid and then recrystallised from acetone.

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