Tetrahydrofuran → 4-Bromo-3-methoxyquinolin-3-yl-diazonium tetrafluoroborate

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3-Amino-4-bromo-6-methoxyquinoline (18.4 g, 0.0727 mole) was dissolved in dry THF (250 mL) and the solution was cooled to −8° C. (EtOH-ice bath). Nitrosonium tetrafluoroborate (9.34 g, 0.08 mole) was added in portions over 10 min, keeping the temperature less than −2° C. The mixture was stirred at −5 to 0° C. for 30 min, then the yellow precipitate was filtered off and washed sequentially with cold THF and hexane. Drying in vacuo gave the title compound (19.4 g, 76%) an insoluble orange-yellow solid.

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