Hydrochloric Acid → (4aR,4bS,6aS,7S,9aS,9bS,11aR)-4a,6a-dimethyl-2-oxohexadecahydro-1H-indeno[5,4-f]quinoline-7-carboxylic acid

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A suspension of 100 g (0.26 mol) of dihydrofinasteride, 480 g of 20% HCl solution (2.63 mol) and 120 g of methanol are heated to reflux and boiled intensively for 8-12 hours. The reactant goes into solution on heating; after 8 hours, there is a suspension which can be readily filtered. The filtercake is washed three times intensively with 100 g each time of water, suction-dried for approx. 15 minutes and subsequently dried overnight. Yield: 60 g.

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