Abstract
Recent reports have described the dopamine agonist properties of several 7,8-dihydroxy-1-phenyl-2,3,4,5-tetrahydrolH-3-benzazepines1. In an attempt to further explore the substitution pattern needed for activity, we required a method for introducing a trifluoromethyl group into the fused aromatic ring and a method for O-demethylation without hydrolysis of the trifluoromethyl group.