Acetic Acid → Ethyl (3S, 4aR, 6S, 8aR) 6-amino-2-methoxycarbonyl-1,2,3,4,4a,5,6,7,8,8a-decahydroisoquinol-3-carboxylate

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To a room temperature solution of ethyl 6-oxo-2-methoxycarbonyl-decahydroisoquinoline-3-carboxylate (4 g, 14.1 mmol), benzylamine (1.71 g, 15.9 mmol), and acetic acid (1.27 g, 21.2 mmol) in 1,2-dichloroethane (20 ml), sodium triacetoxyborohydride (5 g, 23.3 mmol) was added. The mixture was stirred under an atmosphere of nitrogen for 15 hours at room temperature. The reaction was quenched by adding aqueous saturated sodium bicarbonate, and extracted with dichloromethane three times. The organic layer was dried over sodium sulfate and evaporated to give 7 g of the title compound. The crude material was used in next step without further purification.

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