Ethyl 2-aminoquinoline-3-carboxylate → Ethyl 3,4-dihydro-4-oxopyrimido(4,5-b)quinoline-2-carboxylate

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The same compound is obtained by: (a) refluxing equimolar amounts of 1-carbethoxyformimidate and ethyl 2-aminoquinoline-3-carboxylate in ethanol for three hours. The reaction mixture is concentrated, the product collected by filtration and recrystallized from hot chloroform; or (b) refluxing equimolar amounts of 1-carbethoxyformamidine and 2-aminoquinoline-3-carboxamide in ethanol for 3-4 hours in the presence of an equimolar amount of sodium ethoxide. The reaction mixture is worked up as described in (a) above.

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