3,5-Difluoroaniline → 5,7-Difluoro-2-methylquinoline

Crotonaldehyde (28 mL, 0.33 mol) was added dropwise to a refluxing solution of 3,5-difluoroaniline (10.75 g, 0.083 mol) in 5 N hydrochloric acid (450 mL) and reflux was continued for a further 0.5 h. Reaction mixture was cooled, diluted with water (200 mL) and washed with ether (200 mL). The aqueous layer was basified (pH 14) with 50% NaOH (aq) and extracted into dichloromethane (3×200 mL). The combined organic phases were dried (Na2SO4) and evaporated in vacuo to give a dark oil which was purified by chromatography on silica gel (˜100 g) with 50–100% ethyl acetate in hexane gradient elution to give 5,7-difluoro-2-methylquinoline as a brown solid (6.57 g, 44%). A mixture of 5,7-difluoro-2-methylquinoline (1.0 g, 5.6 mmol) and sodium methoxide (1.62 g, 30 mmol) in methanol (50 mL), was stirred at reflux for 18 h, cooled, and most of the methanol removed in vacuo. The residue was partitioned between ethyl acetate (100 mL), and water (100 mL). The organic phase was dried (Na2SO4) and evaporated in vacuo to give a brown oil which was purified by chromatography on silica gel (˜60 g) with 20–30% ethyl acetate hexane gradient elution to give a yellow solid (0.57 g) which was suspended in 48% HBr (aq) (5 mL) and heated at reflux for 18 h. Reaction mixture was cooled and evaporated in vacuo to give the title compound as a brown solid (0.67 g, 46%).

1. temperaturereflux
2. customReaction mixture
3. temperaturewas cooled
4. washwashed with ether (200 mL)
5. extractionextracted into dichloromethane (3×200 mL)
6. dry with materialThe combined organic phases were dried (Na2SO4)
7. customevaporated in vacuo
8. customto give a dark oil which
9. customwas purified by chromatography on silica gel (˜100 g) with 50–100% ethyl acetate in hexane gradient elution

ORD record

ord-ceb1dafad398479983360f4b305e4b92

Source dataset

uspto-grants-2007_05

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US07214674B2