3,4-Dimethoxyphenylacetyl chloride (II), obtained by the reaction of SOCl2 with 3,4-dimethoxyphenylacetic acid (I), is reacted with an excess of N-n-propyl-N-n-butylamine (III) in dry DMF to yield the corresponding amide. Following its extraction with ether from an aqueous solution, the amide (IV) is reduced to the corresponding amine (V) by refluxing in dry THF with 1.0 M diborane. The methyl protective groups are removed by refluxing the amine salt for less than 1 h with 56% HI in acetic anhydride. The deprotected amine obtained by neutralizing the hydroiodic salt with aqueous NaHCO3 is then converted to its hydrochloride salt. The final compound is recrystallized from ethanol ether.