M. Sugiura et al., STEREOCHEMISTRY OF -CYANO-T-3-METHOXY-1,2,3,4-TETRAHYDROISOQUINOLINESFROM ISOQUINOLINE REISSERT COMPOUNDS, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 45(5), 1997, pp. 928-931
Treatment of 2-acyl (or sulfonyl)-1-cyano-1,2-dihydroisoquinolines wit
h bromine and CH3OH gave 2-acyl (or sulfonyl)-4-bromo-1-cyano-3-methox
y-1,2,3,4- tetrahydroisoquinolines in a highly stereoselective manner
in high yields, The stereochemistry, with 1,4-cis and 3,4-trans config
urations, was determined by X-ray crystallography.