Water → HCID 69522199, compound

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Potassium carbonate (23 g, 167 mmol) was added to a solution of 5-nitro-isoquinoline-1-carboxylic acid (Description 104, 2.7 g, 12.4 mmol) in N,N-dimethylformamide (50 ml) at room temperature. Iodomethane (1.0 ml, 16.1 mmol) was then added and the reaction stirred at room temperature for 20 h. Water (300 ml) was added and the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate (2×200 ml). The combined organic phases were washed with water (2×100 ml), brine (100 ml) then dried (Na2SO4) and evaporated. Purification of the residue by column chromatography eluting with ethyl acetate-isohexane (7:13 increasing to 1:1) gave the title compound (558 mg, 19%).

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