2-Hydroxyquinoline → Quinoline

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

In a 100 ml flask was placed starting material quinolone (4.22 g) and dioxane (40 ml). POCl3 (4.6 g) was added, and the mixture was heated to 75° C. After 2 hours, HPLC showed the reaction finished (99.7% conversion). Reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature, and then poured to 100 ml saturated NaHCO3 solution and 20 ml EtOAc. The resulting suspension was stirred for 3 hours. Product was isolated by filtration, washing with EtOAc and drying under vacuum. Yield: 4.0 g, 90.9%.

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