Water → Ethyl 6,7-dimethoxy-4-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-(1,2,4-triazol-1-ylmethyl)quinoline-3-carboxylate 1-oxide

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Oily sodium hydride (60%, 0.156 g) was added to a solution of 1H-1,2,4-triazole (0.27 g) in N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF)(20 ml), and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 15 minutes. Then ethyl 2-chloromethyl-6,7-dimethoxy-4-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)quinoline-3-carboxylate 1-oxide (1.5 g) was added, and the mixture was stirred at 80° C. for 45 minutes. The reaction mixture was poured into water and extracted with dichloromethane. The dichloromethane layer was washed with water and dried over magnesium sulfate, and the solvent was evaporated. The residual oil was subjected to column chromatography on silica gel. The fractions eluted with chloroform/methanol (30/1, v/v) gave ethyl 6,7-dimethoxy-4-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-(1,2,4-triazol-1-ylmethyl)quinoline-3-carboxylate 1-oxide (0.8 g, 50%) which was then recrystallized from dichloromethane-hexane. Colorless prisms. mp. 221°-222° C.

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