Acetonitrile → 7-Bromo-4-chloro-6-fluoroquinoline

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A vial was charged with 7-bromo-6-fluoroquinolin-4-ol (0.460 g, 1.900 mmol) and acetonitrile (9.50 ml). Phosphoryl trichloride (0.354 ml, 3.80 mmol) was then added, and the reaction was stirred for 2 h at 90° C. The reaction was diluted with ethyl acetate and washed with water. The aqueous was extracted once more with ethyl acetate, and the combined organics were dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated in vacuo. The material was then purified via silica gel chromatography eluting with 0-75% ethyl acetate in heptanes to yield 7-bromo-4-chloro-6-fluoroquinoline (0.141 g, 0.541 mmol, 28.5% yield) as a white solid. m/z (ESI) 260.1 (M+H)+.

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