Water → 4,4-Dimethyl-7-nitro-3,4-dihydroisoquinolin-1(2H)-one

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2-(4-Methoxy-benzyl)-4,4-dimethyl-7-nitro-3,4-dihydro-2H-isoquinolin-1-one (2.0 g) was dissolved in CH3CN (100 ml) and H2O (50 ml) and cooled to 0° C. CAN (9.64 g) was added and the reaction was stirred at 0° C. for 30 min, then warmed to RT and stirred for 6 h. The mixture was extracted with CH2Cl2 (2×300 ml) washed with sat'd NH4Cl, dried over MgSO4, filtered and concentrated. The crude material was recrystallized in CH2Cl2/EtOAc (1:1) to give 4,4-dimethyl-7-nitro-3,4-dihydro-2H-isoquinolin-1-one as a white solid.

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