Acetamide → N-(6-Methyl-2-quinolinyl)acetamide

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Chloride 44 (0.300 g, 1.69 mmol) was diluted with molten anhydrous acetamide (8 g, 135 mmol), and K2CO3 (1.17 g, 8.45 mmol) was added. The mixture was heated in a sand bath, at reflux (˜230° C.) for 16 h. The mixture was cooled, poured into H2O (120 mL) and extracted with EtOAc (4×30 mL). The organic layers were washed with H2O (3×100 mL) and sat. aq. NaCl (50 mL) and dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentrated. Purification of the residue by flash column chromatography (SiO2), eluting with a gradient of 10% EtOAc in CH2Cl2 to 30% EtOAc in CH2Cl2 afforded the desired compound as a white solid (0.250 g, 74%). 1H NMR chemical shifts for this compound are consistent with those reported in the literature. 1H-NMR (500 MHz; CDCl3): δ 8.36 (br d, J=8.6 Hz, 1 H), 8.27 (br s, 1 H), 8.09 (d, J=8.9 Hz, 1 H), 7.70 (d, J=8.6 Hz, 1 H), 7.55 (s, 1 H), 7.50 (dd, J=8.6, 1.9 Hz, 1 H), 2.51 (s, 3 H), 2.24 (s, 3 H).

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