Cyanoethylation of 5 (Scheme 2) and catalytic hydrogenation of the cyanoethyl compound (12) produced the norz derivative (13). A single attempt to obtain 13 by reduction of 14 was unsuccessful. The Goldberg reaction (15) between 3-chloroacetanilide (15) and 4- bromoveratrole (16) initiated the synthesis of 7, 8-dimethoxychlorpromazine hydrochloride (1 9)(Scheme