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Hydroxy-Morphinane. 9. Mitteilung. Versuche zur Racemisierung optisch aktiver 1-(p-Hydroxybenzyl)-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8-octahydro-isochinoline

✍ Scribed by A. Brossi; O. Schnider


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1956
Tongue
German
Weight
749 KB
Volume
39
Category
Article
ISSN
0018-019X

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✦ Synopsis


Abstract

Racemic or optically active 1‐(p‐hydroxybenzyl)‐1,2,3,4,5,6,‐7,8‐octahydroisoquinolines (I, Ia or Ib) as well as their O‐methyl‐ethers (II, IIa or IIb) are dehydrogenated in good yields to 5,6,7,8‐tetrahydroisoquinoline derivatives at higher temperature. The conversion of the latter into racemic 1‐(p‐hydroxybenzyl)‐1,2,3,4,5,6,‐7,8‐octahydroisoquinoline (I) or to the racemic O‐methyl ether (II) is achieved either by reduction with sodium in isoamyl alcohol or by catalytic reduction of the quaternary bromobenzylates by way of the tertiary N‐benzyl‐1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8‐octahydroisoquinolines.