Cesium carbonate → 7-(Benzyloxy)-4-(2-fluoro-4-nitrophenoxy)-6-methoxyquinoline

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A mixture of 7-(benzyloxy)-6-methoxyquinolin-4(1H)-one (4.4 g, 15.6 mmol), Cs2CO3 (9.0 g) in DMF (40 mL) and CH3CN (40 mL) was stirred for 30 minutes at rt. To this mixture was added 3,4-difluoronitrobenzene (2.5 g, 15.7 mmol), and the reaction mixture was stirred at rt overnight. The reaction product was a mixture of O- and N-alkylation products. It was mostly concentrated in vacuo, EtOAc (200 mL) and water (50 mL) were added to the residue, EtOAc layer was separated, dried over MgSO4 and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by flash column chromatography on silica gel eluting with hexane:EtOAc:MeOH/800:200:40, and then 700:300:40 to obtain the desired O-alkylation product (3.0 mg, 46%) as a white solid. 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 8.73 (d, 1H, J=6.0 Hz), 8.29-8.26 (m, 2H), 8.08 (s, 1H), 7.60-7.35 (m, 7H), 6.67 (d, 1H, J=6.6 Hz), 5.42 (s, 2H), 4.10 (s, 3H); MS(ESI+) m/z 421.3 (M+H)+.

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