Activation of iodosobenzene by catalytic tetrabutylammonium iodide and its application in the oxidation of some isoquinoline alkaloids

WJ Huang, OV Singh, CH Chen, SY Chiou…

Index: Huang, Wei-Jan; Singh, Om V.; Chen, Chung-Hsiung; Chiou, Sheng-You; Lee, Shoei-Sheng Helvetica Chimica Acta, 2002 , vol. 85, # 4 p. 1069 - 1078

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Abstract

Oxidation of N-methyltetrahydroisoquinolines with iodosylbenzene in the presence of a catalytic amount of tetrabutylammonium iodide in various solvents afforded N-methyl-2H-3, 4- dihydroisoquinol-1-ones in almost quantitative yields. The application of this finding to the ...

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