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PREPARATION OF 3,4-DIHYDROISOQUINOLINES FROM AN ACID AND AN AMINE
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Page/Page column 21, (2008/12/06)
The present invention is directed to processes for the synthesis of morphinans. In particular, a process for coupling a carboxylic acid compound with an amine compound to form an amide product that can then be isolated or the crude amide product can be cy
Chemistry of opium alkaloids, 45. Improvements in the total synthesis of morphine
Meuzelaar, Gerrit J.,Van Vliet, Michiel C. A.,Maat, Leendert,Sheldon, Roger A.
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The chiral 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline intermediates in the Price and Beyerman routes to morphine, (+)-(R)-1-(3-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzyl)-6-methoxy- 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline (6) and (+)-(R)-1-(3,5-dibenzyloxy-4- methoxybenzyl)-6-methoxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline (5), were prepared in high ee by ruthenium-catalyzed asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of the corresponding imine precursors (Noyori method). The yield of the key raw material in the Beyerman route, 3,5-dibenzyloxy-4-methoxyphenylacetric acid (1), starting from gallic acid methyl ester (7) was improved by a factor of 5 over previously described syntheses. Key steps in the new procedure are the selective formation of methyl 3,5-dihydroxy-4-methoxybenzoate (9) via the 3,5-diacetate and an improved benzylation of the hydroxyl groups in 9.