“…Hydrolysis of 11a (1 g) in boiling water for 16 h gave 13 (0.42 g, 60%), after cooling and filtration, and a small amount of the hydrochloride of 12a (0.25 g, 28%), after evaporation of the filtrate and treatment of the residue with EtOH-HCl. lVT-Benzyl-Ar"-carbomethoxyhistamine (14). A solution of the bromide of 11a (0.44 g) in MeOH (50 mL) was heated under reflux for 4 h. Concentration and addition of picric acid and then H20 gave the picrate of 14 (0.66 g, 95%), mp 179-180 °C, identical with the product obtained from the reaction of 12a with methyl chloroformate: NMR (Me2SO-d6) 2.78 (t, CH2Im), 3.22 (t, CH2N), 3.50 (s, CH3), 5.44 (s, CH2Ph), 7.2 (br, NH), 7.41 (s, Ph), 7.55 (d, Im 4 H), 8.66 (s, picrate), 9.11 (d, Im 2 H).…”