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Condensation of 5-bromophthalide (XXIII) with phenol (XIII) by means of K2CO3, CuBr and acetylacetone in DMF gives 5-phenoxyphthalide (XXIV), which is submitted to lactone ring opening using SOCl2, Ph3PCl2, B(OMe)3 and K2CO3 in refluxing toluene to yield 2-(chloro-methyl)-4-phenoxybenzoyl chloride (XXV). Esterification of acid chloride (XXV) with MeOH at 50 °C provides the methyl ester (XXVI), which is then condensed with methyl N-tosylglycinate (XXVII) in the presence of K2CO3 and NaI in DMF at 50 °C to afford the N-substituted amino ester (XXVIII). Cyclization of diester (XXVIII) with NaOMe in MeOH leads to methyl 4-hydroxy-7-phenoxyisoquinoline-3-carboxylate (XXIX), which is submitted to Mannich reaction with bis(dimethylamino)methane (XXX) by means of AcOH at 57 °C to provide the 1-(dimethylaminomethyl)isoquinoline derivative (XXXI). Treatment of compound (XXXI) with Ac2O at 103 °C, followed by selective hydrolysis of the phenolic acetate with morpholine leads to methyl 1-(acetoxymethyl)-4-hydroxy-7-phenoxyisoquinoline-3-carboxylate (XXXII). Hydrogenolysis of benzylic acetate (XXXII) in the presence of Pd/C and Na2CO3 in EtOAc yields methyl 4-hydroxy-1-methyl-7-phenoxyisoquinoline-3-carboylate (XX), which is finally condensed with glycine (II) by means of NaOMe in MeOH at 110 °C .