Starting from 1- [bis(hydroxymethyl)-methyl]-6,7-dimethoxy-1, 2, 3, 4-tetrahydroisoquinoline 3a, trifunctional 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolines were synthetized. From the N -ethoxycarbonyl derivative of 3a, ( r -11b,c-1)-1-hydroxymethyl- (8) and ( r -11b, t -1)-1-chloromethy1-9,10-dimethoxy-1,6,7,llb--tetrahydro-2 H 1,3]oxazino[4,3- a ] isoquinolin-4-one ( 9) were formed in unexpected reactions. High-resolution NMR revealed that the tetrahydroisoquino-line-fused C-1 epimer oxazinone derivatives 8 and 9 have different conformations in solution. The first X-ray diffraction evidence of the presence of two different conformations of oxazinoisoquinolines 8 and 9 in the solid state is provided.
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