Dimethylformamide → Quinoline-6-carbonyl chloride

Quinoline-6-carboxylic acid (1.0 g) was dissolved in dichloromethane. N,N-dimethylformamide (300 μL) and oxalyl chloride (1.2 g) were added to this solution at room temperature and stirred for two hours followed by reflux for 20 minutes. The solvent was removed under the reduced pressure, and quinoline-6-carbonyl chloride was obtained as a crude product, which was then dissolved in dichloromethane. To this solution, 4-(1,1,1,2,3,3,3-heptafluoropropan-2-yl)-2,6-dimethylaniline (1.6 g) dissolved in dichloromethane and pyridine (1.2 g) were added and stirred at room temperature for 5 hours. The reaction solution was diluted with water and extracted twice with ethyl acetate. The organic phases were combined and washed with 1N hydrochloric acid and water, and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The drying agent (anhydrous magnesium sulfate) was removed by filtration and the solvent was distilled off under the reduced pressure. The residue was purified by column chromatography to obtain N-[4-(1,1,1,2,3,3,3-heptafluoropropan-2-yl)-2,6-dimethylphenyl]quinoline-6-carboxamide (2.0 g, yield 78%).