(1R,2R)-1-[(3,4-Dimethoxyphenyl)methyl]-2-[3-(tert-butoxy)-3-oxopropyl]-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-6,7-dimethoxy-2-methylisoquinolinium benzenesulfonate
[CAS 1075727-00-2]

Identification

• Classification: Pharmaceutical intermediate >> Heterocyclic compound intermediate >> Isoquinoline compound
• Name: (1R,2R)-1-[(3,4-Dimethoxyphenyl)methyl]-2-[3-(tert-butoxy)-3-oxopropyl]-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-6,7-dimethoxy-2-methylisoquinolinium benzenesulfonate
• Molecular Formula: C₂₈H₄₀NO₆.C₆H₅O₃S
• Molecular Weight: 643.79
• CAS Registry Number: 1075727-00-2
• SMILES: CC(C)(C)OC(=O)CC[N@+]1(CCC2=CC(=C(C=C2[C@H]1CC3=CC(=C(C=C3)OC)OC)OC)OC)C.C1=CC=C(C=C1)S(=O)(=O)[O-]

chemBlink Chemical Story

CAS 1075727-00-2 is a stereochemically defined quaternary tetrahydroisoquinolinium benzenesulfonate associated with cisatracurium and atracurium process chemistry. Public catalogs describe it as a cisatracurium-related quaternary ammonium salt, tert-butyl ester intermediate, or atracurium-related impurity/reference material rather than an independently administered medicine. Its (1R,2R) stereochemistry, permanent quaternary ammonium center, tert-butyl ester and benzenesulfonate counterion make it useful for understanding how the complex bisbenzylisoquinolinium drug family is assembled and controlled analytically. The clinical role of cisatracurium itself should not be transferred automatically to this exact process-related CAS entry.

The exact registry identity matters because related free forms, salts, hydrates, stereoisomers, process intermediates and finished medicines can have separate CAS numbers even when their names share a familiar stem. In pharmaceutical and fine-chemical work this distinction is practical: composition changes formula weight and can alter solubility, crystallization, analytical standards, manufacturing specifications and interpretation of physical-property data.

The molecule also illustrates how chemists use functional groups as deliberate handles. Aromatic rings and heterocycles establish shape and electronic character, while amines, alcohols, carbonyl groups, carboxylic acids, esters or ionic centers control reactivity and intermolecular interactions. In a multistep route, an intermediate may be valuable precisely because one group can be transformed selectively while another survives for a later operation.

Modern development is equally an analytical problem. Chemists must demonstrate identity and purity, control stereochemistry or salt composition where relevant, follow process-related impurities and establish reproducible specifications. Reference materials and isolated intermediates therefore have scientific importance even when they are never administered to a patient or sold as the final commercial product.

A careful Chemical Story must distinguish documented use from structural possibility. A familiar scaffold can suggest a biological hypothesis, but resemblance is not evidence that the exact CAS substance has been tested, approved or commercially adopted for that purpose. The account therefore emphasizes verified identity, development history and supported applications, and deliberately leaves unsupported claims out.

Seen more broadly, the compound shows that useful molecular design rarely depends on one functional group in isolation. Performance emerges from the whole structure, stereochemistry and physical form, the route used to make it, and the environment in which it operates. Connecting those molecular details to a real manufacturing, analytical or therapeutic role turns a technical registry entry into a meaningful chemical story.

The exact registry identity matters because related free forms, salts, hydrates, stereoisomers, process intermediates and finished medicines can have separate CAS numbers even when their names share a familiar stem. In pharmaceutical and fine-chemical work this distinction is practical: composition changes formula weight and can alter solubility, crystallization, analytical standards, manufacturing specifications and interpretation of physical-property data.

The molecule also illustrates how chemists use functional groups as deliberate handles. Aromatic rings and heterocycles establish shape and electronic character, while amines, alcohols, carbonyl groups, carboxylic acids, esters or ionic centers control reactivity and intermolecular interactions. In a multistep route, an intermediate may be valuable precisely because one group can be transformed selectively while another survives for a later operation.

Modern development is equally an analytical problem. Chemists must demonstrate identity and purity, control stereochemistry or salt composition where relevant, follow process-related impurities and establish reproducible specifications. Reference materials and isolated intermediates therefore have scientific importance even when they are never administered to a patient or sold as the final commercial product.

References:
1. Specialist chemical catalogs, CAS 1075727-00-2.
2. Stenlake JB et al. Atracurium development literature.

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