Nitroethane → Ethyl 2-(3,5-dihydroxyphenyl)-8,9-dimethoxy-3-methyl-5,6-dihydro-pyrrolo[2,1-a]-isoquinoline-1-carboxylate

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A mixture of 500 mg (1.8 mmol) of ethyl (6,7-dimethoxy-3,4-dihydro-1(2H)-isoquinolinylidene)-ethanoate (Example III.1), 499 mg (3.61 mmol) of 3,5-dihydroxybenzaldehyde, 281 mg (3.61 mmol) of nitroethane and 61.4 mg (0.72 mmol) of piperidine in 10 mL of an ethanol/isopropanol 1:1 mixture was stirred at 80° C. overnight. 40 mL of isopropanol were added, the mixture was cooled to 0° C., and the resulting precipitate was filtered off. The solid was washed with ethanol and dried in vacuo to give the title compound as a white solid which was readily recrystallized from ethyl acetate to furnish white needles.

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