Sodium Carbonate → 2-(Chloromethyl)quinoxaline

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2-Methylquinoxaline (8.94 g) was combined with 50 ml CCl4 and 6.5 g Na2CO3 in a 125 ml beaker. This was heated to 68° C. and then Cl2 was introduced via an inverted funnel so that the Cl2 was bubbled very slowly. This was continued for 1 hour and then the reaction mixture was cooled to 20° C. in an ice bath and partitioned between ether and saturated NaHCO3 solution. The ether was separated, dried over MgSO4, and concentrated to dryness. The residue was immediately flashed down a column packed with 20 cm of 32-63 micron silica gel (the column having a diameter of 8 cm) using 1:1 ether:hexane as eluant. After a 1 liter forerun, 250 ml fractions were collected. Fractions 3-5 were combined and concentrated to yield 2.58 g (23%) of title product as a yellow solid; tlc (3:7 ethyl acetate:CH2Cl2) Rf 0.65.

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