Water → 2-(3-Bromo-phenyl)-4-hydroxy-3,3-dimethyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-quinoline-6-carboxylic acid ethyl ester

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To a mixture of 4-{[1-(3-bromo-phenyl)-methylidene]-amino}-benzoic acid ethyl ester (6.7 g, 20.1 mmol) and ytterbium(III) triflate hydrate (1.25 g, 2.01 mmol) in dry tetrahydrofuran (15 mL) at 25° C. was added isobutyraldehyde (1.45 g, 20.1 mmol) and water (0.36 mL, 20.1 mmol) dropwise. The reaction mixture was stirred at 25° C. for 5 h. Then the reaction mixture was concentrated in vacuo and the residue was extracted with ethyl acetate (2×100 mL), washed with brine, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentrated in vacuo to afford 2-(3-bromo-phenyl)-4-hydroxy-3,3-dimethyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-quinoline-6-carboxylic acid ethyl ester (8.12 g, 100%) as a light yellow oil: LC/MS m/e calcd for C20H22BrNO3 M+: 404.3, observed: 404.0, 406.0.

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