Acetic Anhydride → 1-Acetyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline

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Acetic anhydride (55.5 g; 1.05 equiv.) was slowly added dropwise, at 0° C., to a solution of 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline (69 g; 1 equiv.) in 690 ml of dichloromethane. The reaction mixture was stirred for 30 minutes at room temperature and, when the conversion was complete, was washed with cold water and sodium hydrogen carbonate solution. The organic phase was dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated under reduced pressure. 1-(3,4-Dihydroquinolin-1(2H)-yl)ethanone (85 g; 94.4%) was obtained in the form of a colorless oil.

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