Sodium Hydroxide → 2-(6,7-Dimethoxy-3,4-dihydroisoquinolin-1(2H)-ylidene)acetamide

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Polyphosphoric acid (10.0 g) is heated to 100° C. and 1.0 g of 6,7-dimethoxy-1-cyanomethylene-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline is added under mechanical stirring. The reaction mixture is heated for 1 hour, poured into crushed ice and made basic with 30% sodium hydroxide. The mixture is extracted with chloroform and the extract dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. The solvent is evaporated under reduced pressure to give a white solid, yield 0.7 g, mp 156°-158° C.

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