The condensation of vanillin (I) with epichlorohydrin (II) in ethanolic NaOH produced the glycidyl ether (III). Epoxide ring opening in (III) by means of tert-butylamine (IV) in EtOH furnished amino alcohol (V). The title dihydropyridine derivative was then obtained by reaction between aldehyde (V), methyl acetoacetate (VI), ammonia under Hantzsch condensation conditions, and was isolated after conversion to the hydrochloride salt.
The condensation of vanillin (VII) with epichlorohydrin (VIII) in ethanolic NaOH produced the glycidyl ether (IX). Epoxide ring opening in (IX) by means of amine (VI) in EtOH furnished amino alcohol (X). The title dihydropyridine derivative was then obtained by reaction between aldehyde (X), methyl acetoacetate (XI), and ammonia under Hantzsch condensation conditions.