Phosphorus oxychloride → 5-Bromo-1-chloroisoquinoline

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Phosphorus oxychloride (5 ml) was added to a suspension of compound (1a) (7.83 g) in chloroform (120 ml), and the mixture was stirred overnight at 50° C. The solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure, and chloroform was added to the residue. The reaction solution was neutralized with an aqueous sodium hydroxide solution with cooling in an ice bath and partitioned into organic and aqueous layers. The organic layer was washed with brine. The organic layer thus washed was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. Then, the solvent was distilled off, and small amounts of chloroform and diethyl ether were added to the residue. The deposit was filtrated to obtain compound (1b) (5.83 g, 65%) as a white solid.

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