Sodium Chloride → Ethyl 2-[4-((2-ethyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydroquinolin-4-yl)oxymethyl)phenoxy]phenylacetate

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A mixture of compound C (2.34 g), 5,7-diethyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1,6-naphthyridin-2-one (1.02 g), potassium t-butoxide (0.57 g) and 1,4,7,10,13,16-hexaoxacyclooctadecane (132 mg) in dry tetrahydrofuran (50 ml) was heated under reflux for 36 hours. Saturated sodium chloride solution (100 ml) was added and the mixture was extracted with ether (2×100 ml). The combined extracts were dried (MgSO4) and concentrated by evaporation. The residue was purified by flash chromatography, eluting with ethyl acetate/hexane (3:7 v/v), to give methyl 2-[4-((5,7-diethyl-2-oxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1,6-naphthyridin-1-yl)methyl)phenoxy]phenylacetate (A) (0.41 g) as an oil; NMR (d6 -DMSO): 1.05-1.25(2×t, 6H), 2.45-2.9(m, 8H), 3.6(s, 3H), 5.0(s, 2H), 5.95(s, 1H), 6.5-7.5(m, 10H).

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