Triethylamine → 7-Methoxy-3,4-dihydroquinolin-2(1H)-one

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A mixture of 7-hydroxy-3,4-dihydroquinolin-2(1H)-one (3.0 g, 17 mmol) and triethyl amine (3.14 mL, 22 mmol) in dichloromethane/methanol/acetonitrile (10:1:10, 168 mL) was treated with (trimethylsilyl)diazomethane (2M solution in hexanes, 10.25 mL, 20.5 mmol). It was stirred over night at room temperature, the solvent was removed under reduced pressure and chromatography on silica gel with hexanes/acetone (1:1) gave 2.2 g (67%) of the product as a colorless solid.

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