Methyl iodide → Benzo(h)quinoline

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Compound 13 was synthesized according to the procedure outlined above in Example 3 for the synthesis of the N-methyl-hydroxybenzoquinoline derivative 15. Compound 13 was then alkylated according to the general amino group alkylation procedure described above in Example 3, this time using 1,3-propane sultone as the alkylating agent rather than MeI, to give a 5-methoxybenzoquinoline-N-propanesulfonic acid intermediate 16 (1HNMR: CD3OD d 7.94 (d, 1H, J=8.7 Hz), 7.65 (d, 1H, J=8.4 Hz), 7.32 (t, 1H), 7.27 (t, 1H), 6.85 (s, 1H), 4.89 (s, 3H), 3.20 (m, 2H), 3.08 (bt, 2H, J=6 Hz), 2.91 (m, 2H), 2.72 (t, 2H, J=6.6 Hz), 2.33 (m, 2H), 1.89 (m, 2H). Subsequent methoxy group deprotection of compound 16 by the general boron tribromide procedure described above in Example 1 resulted in the 3-(5-hydroxybenzoquinolin-1-yl) propanesulfonic acid 17.

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