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trans-Ethyl 1,2,3,4a,5,6,8a-octahydro-2-benzyl-4-hydroxy-6-methyl-5-isoquinoline-carboxylate was prepared by intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction as a precursor of newly designed aza-analogue of mevinolin.
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Jahng, Y., Kim, JI. Aza-analogue of mevinolin: Synthesis of substituted octahydroisoquinoline, the bottom half of aza-analogue of mevinolin. Arch. Pharm. Res. 17, 104–108 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02974232
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