Abnormal products from phenolic oxidation of a dihydroxy-1-benzyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline
Abstract
Phenolic oxidation of 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-7-hydroxy-1-(3-hydroxy-4,5-dimethoxybenzyl)-6-methoxy-2-methyl-isoquinoline (III) unexpectedly afforded 3-hydroxy-4,5-dimethoxybenzaldehyde (XVII) and a cyclopent[ij]isoquinolinone (XVIII), whose structures were elucidated by spectral determinations.