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Condensation of cyclic and acyclic imines with phthalide anions. Synthesis of protoberberines and substituted 3,4-dihydro-2-methyl-1(2H)-isoquinolones
Marsden, Richard,MacLean, David B.
, p. 1392 - 1399 (2007/10/02)
3,4-Dihydroisoquinolines react with anions derived from phthalides and 3-methylphthalides in tetrahydrofuran yielding 13-hydroxy-8-oxotetrahydroprotoberberines and 13-hydroxy-13-methyl-8-oxotetrahydroprotoberberines, respectively.Only one of two possible diastereomers is formed.The lactams may be reduced to the corresponding protoberberines with lithium aluminium hydride.The reaction of the acyclic imine, 3,4-dimethoxybenzylidenemethylamine, with anions derived from phthalide, 3-phenylphthalide, and 5,6-dimethoxyphthalide, has been investigated.In all cases separable mixtures of diastereomeric substituted 3,4-dihydro-1(2H)-isoquinolones were formed.