Diethyl (ethoxymethylene)malonate → Ethyl 6-(2,3-dichlorobenzyl)-1,4-dihydro-4-oxo-3-quinolinecarboxylate

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4-(2,3-Dichlorobenzyl)phenylamine (10.0 g, 39.7 mmol) obtained in Step 2 was dissolved in toluene (100 ml) and diethyl ethoxymethylenemalonate (8.8 ml, 43.7 mmol) was added. The mixture was heated under reflux for 3 hrs. The reaction solution was concentrated under reduced pressure, and diphenyl ether (100 ml) was added to dissolve the residue. The mixture was stirred with heating at 250° C. for 3 hrs. After allowing the mixture to cool, n-hexane was added to the reaction solution and the precipitate was collected by filtration, washed with chloroform and vacuum-dried to give an object product (10.1 g, yield 68%) as a pale-yellow solid.

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