Syntheses of apogalanthamine analogs as α-adrenergic blocking agents.<b>IX</b>. Syntheses of optically active 8-hydroxy-6-methyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydrodibenz[<i>c,e</i>]azocines
(8R) and (8S)-Hydroxy-6-methyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydrodibenz[c,e]azocines (R- and S-1) were synthesized by oxidative kinetic resolution of N-(2-iodobenzyl)-β-(2-iodophenyl)ethanolamine (8), followed by cyclization of the opticallyactive acetates (R- and S-6) of R- and S-8 with zero-valent nickel to (8R)- and (8S)-acetoxyazocines (R- and S-7), and by hydrolysis of the acetates (R- and S-7).