[Hydroxy(tosyloxy)iodo]benzene → HCID 86722472, compound

Participants

Reaction Steps

3-Methoxy-8-methylene-5,6,7,8-tetrahydroisoquinoline (125) (1.27 g, 7.25 mmol) in a mixture of water (5 mL) and MeOH (45 mL) was treated with [hydroxy(tosyloxy)iodo]benzene (2.84 g, 7.25 mmol) in MeOH (7 mL). After about 30 min water (15 mL) was added then the mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure to remove most of the MeOH. The mixture was basified to about pH 10 with sat. aq. NaHCO3 then EtOAc (˜30 mL) was added. Insoluble material was removed by filtration. The filtrate layers were separated then the aqueous layer was extracted with EtOAc (20 mL). The combined organic solutions were washed with brine (˜25 mL) then dried over MgSO4 and filtered. The filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure then the material was purified on silica gel (40 g) using a gradient from 0-100% EtOAc in heptane. Pure product fractions were combined and concentrated under reduced pressure to yield 3-methoxy-6,7-dihydro-5H-cyclohepta[c]pyridin-8(9H)-one (126) (0.922 g, 67%); LC/MS, method 3, Rt=1.66 min, MS m/z 192 (M+H)+. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.91 (s, 1H), 6.57 (s, 1H), 3.92 (s, 3H), 3.63 (s, 2H), 2.93-2.85 (m, 2H), 2.61-2.54 (m, 2H), 2.04-1.94 (m, 2H).

Provenance & Evidence