Hydrogen Bromide → 4-(3,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)-6-methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline hydrobromide

HRID 2352253Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 2352253 reaction equation
C[O:2][C:3]1[CH:4]=[C:5]([CH:11]2[C:20]3[C:15](=[CH:16][CH:17]=[C:18]([CH3:21])[CH:19]=3)[CH2:14][NH:13][CH2:12]2)[CH:6]=[CH:7][C:8]=1[O:9]C.[BrH:22]>>[BrH:22].[OH:2][C:3]1[CH:4]=[C:5]([CH:11]2[C:20]3[C:15](=[CH:16][CH:17]=[C:18]([CH3:21])[CH:19]=3)[CH2:14][NH:13][CH2:12]2)[CH:6]=[CH:7][C:8]=1[OH:9]

Participants

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Procedure

530 mg of α-[[(4-methylbenzyl)amino]methyl]-3,4-dimethoxybenzyl alcohol was dissolved in 4 ml of trifluoroacetic acid, and after adding thereto 0.12 ml of conc. sulfuric acid under ice cooling, the mixture was allowed to react for 30 minutes. The reaction solution was concentrated, and subjected to azeotropic distillation with toluene 2 times. After adding chloroform, the mixture was basified by addition of 28% aqueous ammonia. By a separating procedure, the chloroform layer was collected, was washed with water once, and dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. The solvent was distilled off, and the residue was recrystallized from ethyl acetate-n-hexane, giving 490 mg of 4-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-6-methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline (melting point: 94°-96° C.). (2) To 450 mg of 4-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-6-methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline, was added 9 ml of 48% hydrobromic acid, and the mixture was heated under reflux under an argon gas stream for 3 hours. The reaction solution was cooled, and the crystals which separated out were collected by filtration, giving 390 mg of 4-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-6 -methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline hydrobromide.

Workup

  1. temperaturethe mixture was heated
  2. temperatureunder reflux under an argon gas stream for 3 hours
  3. temperatureThe reaction solution was cooled
  4. customthe crystals which separated out
  5. filtrationwere collected by filtration

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-d11723ef161f4f3f8e0eec8af3bca5c0
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1989_10
Patent number
US04876261

Reaction notes

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