Formic Acid → 7-Hydroxy-3-quinolinecarbaldehyde

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To a solution of 2-chloro-3-formylquinolin-7-yl acetate (2.9 g, 14 mmol) and Pd(PPh3)4 (1.6 g, 1.4 mmol, 0.1 eq.), Et3N (17 g, 168 mmol, 16 eq.) in DMF (100 mL) was added formic acid (3.48 g, 75.6 mmol, 5.4 eq.) dropwise over 5 min. The mixture was warmed to 110° C. over 2 h. Then, the reaction mixture was diluted (water), extracted (ethyl acetate), washed (brine), dried (Na2SO4), filtered and evaporated to dryness to give the crude product, which was purified by silica gel column chromatography (pet. ether:ethyl acetate, 1:1) to give 7-hydroxyquinoline-3-carbaldehyde as yellow solid (1.45 g, yield 60%). ESI-MS: 216 (M+H)+.

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