Ammonium Hydroxide → 2-Bromo-6-chloro-3-methylquinoxaline

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6-Chloro-3-methylquinoxalin-2(1H)-one compound with 7-chloro-3-methylquinoxalin-2(1H)-one (300 mg, 771 μmol, Eq: 1.00) was stirred neat in phosphoryl tribromide (1.6 g, 5.58 mmol, Eq: 7.24). N,N-Dimethylformamide (1 drop) (771 μmol, Eq: 1.00) was added and the mixture was stirred at 105° C. for 1.5 h. The mixture was added to ice water and neutralized with aqueous 25% ammonium hydroxide. The precipitated solid was filtered and dried under high vacuum followed by preparative HPLC to give 3-Bromo-6-chloro-2-methyl-quinoxaline with 2-bromo-6-chloro-3-methyl-quinoxaline (40 mg, 10.1%) as a light brown solid. MS: m/z=195.03 (M+H+)

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