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Synthetic Communications
An International Journal for Rapid Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Volume 25, 1995 - Issue 3
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Regioselective O-Demethylation of Aporphines with Methanesulfonic Acid / Methionine: An Efficient One-Pot Transformation of Thebaine to (R)(-)-2-Methoxyapomorphine

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Pages 283-288 | Received 03 Jun 1994, Published online: 23 Sep 2006
 

Abstract

2-Methoxyapomorphine (4) was obtained by the rearrangement of thebaine (1) with methanesulfonic acid in the presence of methionine, a reagent system suitable for the regioselective O-demethylation of aporphine derivatives.

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