Reductions isoquinoline

Isopulegol, 24 517-519, 526 Isoquinoline. See also Isoquinolines reduction of, 27 201 uses for, 27 206-208 Isoquinoline derivatives. See also Isoquinolines drugs, 27 207—208t synthesis of, 27 201-206 uses for, 27 206-208 Isoquinoline TV-oxide, 27 200-201 Isoquinolines, 27 182, 200-208 alkyl, 27 205... 

Isoquinoline can be reduced quantitatively over platinum in acidic media to a mixture of i j -decahydroisoquinoline [2744-08-3] and /n j -decahydroisoquinoline [2744-09-4] (32). Hydrogenation with platinum oxide in strong acid, but under mild conditions, selectively reduces the benzene ring and leads to a 90% yield of 5,6,7,8-tetrahydroisoquinoline [36556-06-6] (32,33). Sodium hydride, in dipolar aprotic solvents like hexamethylphosphoric triamide, reduces isoquinoline in quantitative yield to the sodium adduct [81045-34-3] (25) (152). The adduct reacts with acid chlorides or anhydrides to give N-acyl derivatives which are converted to 4-substituted 1,2-dihydroisoquinolines. Sodium borohydride and carboxylic acids combine to provide a one-step reduction—alkylation (35). Sodium cyanoborohydride reduces isoquinoline under similar conditions without N-alkylation to give... 

Isoquinoline also forms Reissert compounds when treated with benzoyl chloride and alkyl cyanide (28), especially under phase-transfer conditions (29). The W-phenylsulfonyl Reissert has been converted to 1-cyanoisoquinoline with sodium borohydride under mild conditions (154). When the AJ-benzoyl-l-alkyl derivative is used, reductive fission occurs and the 1-alkyLisoquinoline is obtained. 

Hydroisoquinolines. In addition to the ring-closure reactions previously cited, a variety of reduction methods are available for the synthesis of these important ring systems. Lithium aluminum hydride or sodium in Hquid ammonia convert isoquinoline to 1,2-dihydroisoquinoline (175). Further reduction of this intermediate or reduction of isoquinoline with tin and hydrochloric acid, sodium and alcohol, or catalyticaHy using platinum produces... 

A -pyrazolines from, 5, 250 structure, 5, 169 Isoquinoline, 4-acetamido-reduction, 2, 327... 

Cyclic enamines can also be obtained by the reduction of pyridine and isoquinoline with lithium aluminum hydride (163-165), and the latter reduction has also been accomplished with sodium in liquid ammonia (166). 

Condensation between aldehyde 40 and amine 29 followed by sodium borohydride reduction of the resultant imine and cyclisation yielded isoquinoline 41 in good yield. Cyclisation occurred exclusively at the more electron-rich aromatic group. 

R" = CH20H). The use of sodium borohydride in place of lithium aluminum hydride did not lead to ring closure but to 3-[j8-(A-l,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolyl)ethyl]indole derivatives (53). Reductive cyclization by means of lithium aluminum hydride of the j8-(3-indolyl)ethyl-l-isoquinoline (52) to the pentacyclic tetrahydro-j8-carboline 49 (R = R = R" = H) has been reported. Strong acid alone sufficed to convert 52 into 54, the 0x0 derivative of 49. ... 

Polycyclic derivatives have been prepared by straightforward amide formation. The tetracyclic amide 166 was obtained by reductive cyclization of 3-o-nitrophenylindole-2-carboxylic acid (165).22 When l-(2 -ethoxycarbonylskatyl)isoquinoline (167) was heated the pentacyclic j8-carboline derivative 168 was formed. If,... 

Bromoisoquinoline can be aminated under vigorous conditions (concentrated NH4OH, 165°, 16 hr), - but attempted methoxyla-tion (methanolic methoxide, 235°, 7 hr) gave isoquinoline (50% yield) via the reductive reaction observed with 6- and 8-bromo-quinoline. ... 

Reduction of 8-nitro-l,3,4,6,l 1,1 la-hexahydro[l,4]oxazino[4,3-/)]isoqui-nolin-4-one with BH3 in THF afforded 8-nitro-1,3,4,6,11,1 la-hexahydro [l,4]oxazino[4,3-/)]isoquinoline (97MIP4). Then the nitro group was reduced by catalytic hydrogenation over 5% Pd/C catalyst in acidified MeOH to yield 8-amino derivative. Catalytic hydrogenation of 3-nitro-6,6a,7,... 

Reduction of a 7-(2-oxoethyl) derivative with NaBH4 in EtOH at room temperature gave 7-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2-(2-pyrimidinyl)perhydropyrido[l, 2-u]pyrazine (99MIP6). Reduction of 7-formyl-8-[(4-cyanophenyl)methoxy]-1,3,4,6,11,1 lu-hexahydro-2//-pyrazino[l,2-A]isoquinoline-l,4-dione with NaBH4 yielded a 7-hydroxymethyl derivative (98MIP7). 

The side chain C=C double bond of 2,3,4,6,ll,lln-hexahydro-l//-pyrazino[l,2-i]isoquinoline-l,4-diones 354 was saturated by catalytic hydrogenation over Pd/C catalysts in EtOH to give 355 (98MIP7). 7-(2-Pyridylmethyl)amino derivative was obtained by reduction of 7-[(2-pyridylmethylene)amino]-2,3,11,11 n-tetrahydro-6//-pyrazino[l, 2-i]isoqui-noline-l,4-dione (356) with NaBH4 in EtOH at ambient temperature for 24 h. 

The thermal condensetion of p-benzyloxyphenylacetic acid and of 3-methoxy-4-hydroxy-phenethylamine occurs and gives, with a yield of 86% to 92%, the N-(3-methoxy4-hydroxy-phenethyl-p-benzyloxyphenylacetamide from this latter, by cyclization according to Bischler-Napieralski with phosphorus oxychloride in acetonitrile, followed by reduction with sodium borohydride, there is obtained with a yield of 75% to 80% the 1-(p-benzyloxybenzyl)-6-meth-oxy-7-hydroxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline, which is methylated with formaldehyde and formic acid giving 1 (p-benzyloxybenzyl)-2-methyl-6-methoxy-7-hydroxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-isoquinoline with a yieid of 90%. 

The Reissert method15—conversion of an isoquinoline to a 2-benzoyl-1,2-dihydroisoquinaldonitrile (Reissert compound), alkylation, and hydrolysis—has enjoyed wide success in the synthesis of benzyliso-quinoline and related alkaloids.16,17 In particular, aporphines are prepared conveniently by converting isoquinolines to I-(o-nitrobcnzyl)-isoquinolines via a Reissert sequence, followed by A7-alkylation, reduction, and Pschorr cyclization.17... 

Amide (1) was needed for a synthesis of an isoquinoline. Disconnecting the amide reveals the amine (2) which could be made by reduction of an unsaturated nitro compound. The a, -disconnection is simple. 

The Bischler-Napieralski reaction is one of the traditional methods for isoquinoline synthesis, and has been applied to the preparation of fused quinolizidine systems. One simple example is the transformation of compound 246 into a 9 1 mixture of diastereomers 247 and 248 by treatment with phosphorus oxychloride followed by sodium borohydride reduction of a nonisolated iminium salt resulting from the cyclization (Scheme 49) <2000BMC2113>. 

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