Pyridine → (+/-)-cis-1-(4-Dimethylamino-benzoyl)-2-methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-4-(n-4-chlorophenyl)aminoquinoline

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To a solution of (±)-cis-1-(4-dimethylamino-benzoyl)-2-methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-4-aminoquinoline (423 mg, 1.36 mmol) in DMF (15 mL, dry) was added 4-chlorophenylboronic acid (425 mg, 2.72 mmol), pyridine (322 mg, 330 uL, 4.08 mmol) and copper(II)acetate (494 mg, 2.72 mmol). The heterogeneous green mixture was stirred open to air for 1 h and then warmed to 60° C. and stirred over night (14 h). The mixture was then cooled to rt, poured into rapidly stirred ethyl acetate (150 mL); solids were removed by filtration. The extracts were washed several times with water and then once with brine. The extracts were then dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated under reduced pressure. The crude residue was purified by silica gel chromatography (100% hexanes to 50/50 hexanes/ethyl acetate gradient) to afford the aniline product (120 mg, 22%) as a yellow oil.

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