Sodium Hydroxide → 3-Chloro-6-methoxy-[1,5]naphthyridine-4-carboxylic acid amide

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3-Chloro-6-methoxy-[1,5]naphthyridine-4-carbonitrile (5.0 g, 22.8 mmol, 1.0 eq) is suspended in a 10% sodium hydroxide aqueous solution (125 mL) and the resulting mixture is heated to reflux for 30 minutes. The reaction mixture is then extracted with ethyl acetate (3×100 mL) and the pH is adjusted to 3-4 by the addition of a 3N hydrochloric acid aqueous solution. The combined organic layers are dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated to give the crude product that is purified by column chromatography (silica gel, eluent: ethyl acetate:petroleum ether, 1:1 to 4:1, v/v) to afford 3-chloro-6-methoxy-[1,5]naphthyridine-4-carboxylic acid amide as an off-white solid (3.44 g, 64% yield).

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