Dimethylformamide → Dimethyl Quinoline-2,3-dicarboxylate

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To a solution of dimethylformamide (DMF, 0.1 mol) in ethylenedichloride (EDC, 100 ml), cooled in an ice bath, is added dropwise with stirring phosphorous oxychloride (POCl3, 0.10 mol). The resulting solution is stirred for one and one-half hours at room temperature and then cooled in an ice bath. To the cooled solution is then added, in small increments, a solution of dimethyl 3-phenylaminobut-2-ene-dioate in ethylene dichloride. The resulting mixture is thereafter heated to reflux for three hours, cooled, and washed with half saturated brine. The organic phase is separated from the aqueous phase and dried. The solvent is removed under vacuum, and the residue recrystallized from methanol to afford 18.2 g (0.074 mol) of dimethyl 2,3-quinolinedicarboxylate, mp 105°-106.5° C.

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