Ethylamine → alpha-(Cyclohexylthio)-alpha-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-3,4-dihydro-7-hydroxy-6-methoxy-2(1H)-isoquinolineheptanenitrile

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A mixture, under argon, of 2.17 g of product from Example 113, 1.8 g of product from Example 28, 13.0 ml of N,N-diidopropyl ethylamine and 80 ml of acetonitrile is heated under reflux temperature for 8 hours. The reaction is cooled and concentrated in vacuo and dried under high vacuum for 1 hour. The crude residue is dissolved in 70 ml of tetrahydrofuran and 10.0 ml of 1M tetrabutyl ammonium fluoride in tetrahydrofuran is added and the mixture is stirred at room temperature, under argon, for 2.5 hours. The mixture is poured into water and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer is washed with saturated sodium chloride, dried, filtered, and concentrated in vacuo to give 4.0 g of a brown oil. The oil is purified by chromatography (silica gel: 1%, 1.5% and 2% methyl alcohol/methylene chloride)to give 2.1 g of the desired product.

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