The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Convenient synthesis of 3-methyl-2, 3, 4, 4a. alpha., 5, 6, 7, 7a. alpha.-octahydro-1H-benzofuro [3, 2-e] isoquinoline

AB Shenvi, E Ciganek

Index: Shenvi, Ashok B.; Ciganek, Engelbert Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1984 , vol. 49, # 16 p. 2942 - 2947

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Abstract

Despite the respectable yields of 3, the preparation of larger amounts of this compound using the aforementioned synthetic route was deemed cumbersome because of the low concentration of 2 needed for the intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction. We herein report an alternate and more convenient synthesis of 3.