Treatment of chlorofumaryl chloride (III) with a mixture of benzylisoquinolinium salt (I) and phenylisoquinolinium salt (II) in dichloroethane produced a complex mixture of esters, from which the title compound was isolated by preparative HPLC.
The reaction of (R)-(-)-5'-methoxylaudanosine (I) with 1,3-dioxa-2-thiane 2,2-dioxide (II) in hot acetone gives the quaternized propylsulfonate (III), which is treated with Ac-Cl in methanol to yield the intermediate isoquinolinium derivative (IV).
The reaction of (S)(+)-cryptostyline III (V) with 1,3-dioxa-2-thiane 2,2-dioxide (II) in hot acetonitrile gives the quaternized propylsulfonate (VI), which is treated with Ac-Cl in methanol to yield the intermediate isoquinolinium derivative (VII).
The reaction of 2,3-dichlorosuccinic anhydride (VIII) with isoquinolinium intermediate (IV) in dichloromethane gives the dichlorosuccinc acid monoester (IX), which is dehydrochlorinated by means of TEA in dichloromethane to yield the chlorofumaric acid monoester (X). The reaction of (X) with oxalyl chloride in the same solvent affords the acyl chloride (XI), which is finally condensed with the isoquinolinium intermediate (VII) in dichloromethane to provide the target bis isoquinolinium compound.