One-step synthesis of an androcymbine-type compound
Abstract
The diazotisation of 6,7-dimethyoxy- and 7-benzyloxy-6-methoxy-1-(2-amino-4,5-dimethoxybenzyl)-2-methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline (VIII) and (XXI), followed by decomposition of the resulting diazonium salts, gave demethoxy-O-methylandrocymbine (VII), whose structure has been assigned by spectroscopic methods. The syntheses of the aminoisoquinolines (VIII) and (XXI) are also described.