Acetic Acid → 2-Oxo-1,2-dihydroquinoline-3-carbonitrile

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Alternatively, the acetanilide can be heated with dimethylformamide, phosphoryl chloride and hydroxylamine hydrochloride to give a 2-chloro-3-cyanoquinoline. This process is a particularly convenient method for obtaining the chlorocyanoquinoline directly from an acetanilide. The indicated chloro-cyano-compound can then be hydrolyzed either under acidic or basic conditions to give the corresponding desired 3-cyano-2(1H)-quinolinone. Specifically, if the 2-chloro-3-cyanoquinoline is boiled in acetic acid for 1 hour or refluxed in 4N hydrochloric acid for 10-15 minutes, the corresponding 3-cyano-2(1H)-quinolinone is obtained.

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