Ammonium Chloride → 1-(Quinolin-6-yl)ethan-1-one

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To a solution of quinoline-6-carboxylic acid methoxy-methyl-amide (11.97 g, 55.35 mmol) in anhydrous THF (200 mL) was added MeMgBr (1.5 M in THF, 55 mL, 83 mmol) at 0° C. under nitrogen. The reaction was allowed to warm to ambient temperature over 16 hours. Sat. NH4Cl (20 mL) was added to quench the reaction. The reaction solution was then extracted with EtOAc (3×50 mL). The combined organics were dried over Na2SO4, filtered, and concentrated to give 1-quinolin-6-yl-ethanone (9.2 g, 97% yield).

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