Ethanol → Ethyl 7-bromoisoquinoline-3-carboxylate

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A mixture of 4-bromo-benzene-1,2-dicarbaldehyde (0.450 g, 2.137 mmol), diethylamino malonate (0.452 g, 2.137 mmol), and sodium ethoxide (0.218 g, 3.20 mmol) in anhydrous ethanol (15 mL) was refluxed for 4 hr. The solution was cooled to rt and concentrated under reduced pressure. The crude residue was purified by flash column chromatography (silica gel, 0.5% MeOH in CHCl3) to obtain 0.460 g (78%) of the 7-bromo-isoquinoline-3-carboxylic acid ethyl ester which was hydrolyzed according to general procedure C yielding the 0.350 g (85%) of 7-bromo-isoquinoline-3-carboxylic acid as a white solid. LC/MS (m/z): 253 (M+1)+.

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