Boron trifluoride etherate → 6-(5-Bromo-2-chloro-benzyl)-1-(4-methoxy-benzyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-quinoline

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To an ice cold solution of (5-bromo-2-chloro-phenyl)-[1-(4-methoxy-benzyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-quinolin-6-yl]-methanol (2.2 g, 4.7 mmol) in dichloromethane (50 mL) was added Et3SiH (3.7 mL, 23.3 mmol) followed by BF3.OEt2 (1.5 mL, 11.6 mmol). The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature overnight. The reaction was quenched by the addition of aq. NaHCO3. The volatiles were evaporated under reduced pressure; the resulting mixture was extracted with dichloromethane (2×50 mL), washed with brine (10 mL), dried over sodium sulfate, concentrated and purified by silica gel column chromatography to give 6-(5-Bromo-2-chloro-benzyl)-1-(4-methoxy-benzyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-quinoline (1.48 g).

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