4,7-Dichloroquinoline → 7-Chloro-4-(4-fluorophenoxy)quinoline

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To a 50 mL flask equipped with a condenser, drying tube and thermometer, was added 1.98 g (0.01 moles) of 4,7-dichloroquinoline, 1.07 g (0.0015 moles) of polyDMAP™and 20 mL of xylene. The mixture was stirred to reswell the polymer and 1.57 g (0.0014 moles) of 4-fluorophenol were added. The reaction mixure was heated to reflux and maintained at that temperature for 18 hr. The reaction mixture was filtered hot to remove the polymer. After cooling, the filtrate was washed with 50 mL of 5N NaOH. The caustic layer was extracted with 2×25 mL of diethyl ether. The xylene and the ether layers were combined and dried over Na2SO4. Removal of the solvent provided 2.36 g (86 percent yield) of product, mp=89°-91° C.

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