Triethylamine → 5-Chloromethyl-3,4-dihydro-1H-isoquinoline-2-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester

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Triethylamine (160 μl, 1,16 mmol) and then methane sulphonyl chloride (72 μl, 0.92 mmol) were added to 5-hydroxymethyl-3,4-dihydro-1H-isoquinoline-2-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester (202 mg, 0.77 mmol) (WO 02053558 p 59) in tetrahydrofuran (20 ml) and the mixture was stirred for 30 minutes. Tetrabutyl ammonium chloride (322 mg, 1.16 mmol) was added and the mixture was stirred for 2 hours at room temperature. The reaction mixture was diluted with ethyl acetate and the organic solution was washed with sodium hydrogen carbonate solution, dried over magnesium sulphate and evaporated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by chromatography on silica gel using methanol in dichloromethane as eluant (2:98) to give the title compound (100 mg).

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