Sodium Hydroxide → 6-Methyl-5-nitroisoquinoline 2-oxide

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6-Methyl-5-nitroisoquinoline (43.3 g, 0.230 mol) obtained in Step (2) above was dissolved in dichloromethane (650 mL), and the temperature of the reaction solution was cooled to 0° C. or lower. The reaction solution was slowly added with mCPBA (67.5 g, 0.390 mol), followed by stirring for 10 hours or more at 0° C. The reaction mixture was adjusted to have a pH value of 10 by adding 1N aqueous NaOH solution and extracted with dichloromethane. The combined organic layer thus obtained was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, and concentrated under reduced pressure to obtain the title compound (46.5 g, 99%).

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