Sodium Hydroxide → 2-Phenyl-6-quinolineacetic acid

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A solution of 2.5 g of crude 2-phenyl-6-quinolineacetaldehyde in 3 ml of ethanol is slowly added dropwise at room temperature to a suspension of 3.4 g of silver nitrate and 1.6 g of sodium hydroxide in 12 ml of water. After completion of the addition, the mixture is stirred for a further 3 hours. Thereafter the suspension is clarified by filtration and the filtrate is washed with ether and adjusted to a pH of 6. The emulsion thereby produced is extracted with ethyl acetate. The ethyl acetate extracts, after drying, evaporation and recrystallisation of the residue from methanol-pentane, yield 2-phenyl-6-quinolineacetic acid of melting point 176°-179°C.

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