Dimethyl (2-oxopropyl)phosphonate → 4-(Quinolin-3-yl)-but-3-en-2-one

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Dimethyl (2-oxopropyl)phosphonate (3.1 g,19.1 mmol), anhydrous LiCl (972 mg, 23 mmol), and 3-quinoline carboxaldehyde 6-1 (3.0 g,19.1 mmol) in anhydrous acetonitrile (70 mL), was treated with DBU (2.9 mL, 19.1 mmol) and the resulting suspension stirred at room temperature for 1 h. The solvent was removed at reduced pressure and the resulting residue partitioned between brine and methylene chloride. The organic layer was removed, dried, and concentrated to afford a yellow solid which was recrystallized from ethyl acetate/hexanes to afford 22-1 as an off-white solid.

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