Ian G. C. Coutts, Michael R. Hamblin, Edward J. Tinley
1979
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Journal of The Chemical Society-perkin Transactions 1
Abstract
Tetrahydroisoquinoline-1-carboxylic acids with a 6- or 7-hydroxy substituent undergo oxidative decarboxylation on treatment with horseradish peroxidase or fungal laccase to give high yields of the corresponding 3,4-dihydroisoquinolines. Attempts to apply this reaction to the formation of an aporphine were unsuccessful.