Phosphorus oxychloride → 4-Chloro-2-methylquinoline

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The commercially available 4-hydroxy-2-methylquinoline (6.522 g, 41 mmol) was added portionwise to POCl3 (35 mL) in a round flask at 0° C. with stirring. The homogenous suspension was then immersed into a pre-heated at 80° C. oil bath and continuously refluxed for 4 h. The reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature and the excess POCl3 was distilled out under reduces pressure. The residue was treated carefully with ice (150 g) and then with saturated NaHCO3 aqueous solution (200 mL). The mixture was extracted with CH2Cl2 (100×3 mL), dried over Na2SO4, and evaporated in vacuo to dryness to give known 4-chloro-2-methylquinoline,53 6.10 g (84.14%) as oil, which was pure enough for using in next step. 1H NMR (DMSO) δ 2.61 (3H, s, Me), 7.66 (1H, s, ArH), 7.67-7.71 (1H, m, ArH), 7.82-7.85 (1H, s, ArH), 8.01 (1H, d, J=6.7 Hz, ArH), 8.12-8.14 (1H, s, ArH). Anal. Calcd. for (C10H8ClN): C, 67.62; H, 4.54; N, 7.89. Found: C, 67.62; H, 4.54; N, 7.89.

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