“…As described for 1a/1a9, 2d/2d9 (80 mg, 0.17 mmol) in dioxane (2 mL), 4 M HCl in dioxane (1.2 mL), Et 3 N (0.12 mL, 0.83 mmol) in MeOH (2 mL) furnished 1d and 1d9 (43 mg, 71%) as viscous colorless oil, For 1d; 17.1), 4.30-4.25 (m, 1H), 3.90-3.83 (m, 1H), 3.80 (s, 3H), 3.04- 9, 138.2, 135.4, 134.2, 129.9, 128.4 (2C), 127.9, 127.7, 127.6 (2C), 118.4, 113.7, 108.3, 76.9, 71.2, 62.9, 59.6, 57.7, 55.3, 38.6, 32.4, 29.3, 27.8 4aS,12aR)-2-(benzyloxy)-9-methoxy-1,2,3,4a,5,6,12,12aoctahydrobenzo[f]pyrrolo[1,2-a]quinoline (1d9) [a] 28 D = +2.83 (c 0.20, CHCl 3 ); R f 0.50 (10% MeOH in CHCl 3 ); IR ( Neat): 2925, 2356, 1634, 1223, 771, cm 21 ; 1 H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl 3 ): d 7.35-7.30 (m, 5H), 6.70-6.94 (m, 2H), 6.73 (dd, 1H, J 1 = 2.7, J 2 = 8.4), 6.13-6. 16 9, 138.1, 137.2, 136.6, 129.6, 128.4(2C), 127.7(2C), 127,6, 127.2, 118.9, 113.8, 108.3, 77.2, 71.4, 56.3, 55.5, 55.3, 52.1, 37.7, 31.9, 29.3, 28.0 3,4a,5,6,12,12aoctahydrobenzo[f]pyrrolo [1,2-a]quinoline (1g)…”