Biphenyl → 7-FLUORO-6-METHOXY-4-OXO-1,4-DIHYDROQUINOLINE-3-CARBONITRILE

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A mixture of 3-fluoro-4-methoxyaniline (15.31 g, 108 mmol) and ethyl (ethoxymethylene)cyanoacetate (18.36 g, 108 mmol) in toluene is heated at 100-110° C. for 4.5 hours then cooled to room temperature. A 1:1 mixture of hexane and ethyl acetate is added and the mixture is cooled on an ice bath. The solids are collected washing with hexane to provide a first crop of 26.10 g and a second crop of 1.24 g. A 2.0 g portion of this material is added to 18 mL of a 3:1 mixture of diphenyl ether:biphenyl that is heated to reflux. This mixture is heated at reflux for 4 hours then cooled and poured into hexane. The solids are collected by filtration and washed with ethyl acetate and hexane to provide 624 mg of 7-fluoro-6-methoxy-4-oxo-1,4,-dihydro-3-quinolinecarbonitrile as a brown solid. The filtrate is concentrated, the residue is dissolved in ethyl acetate and hexane is added. The resultant solid is collected by filtration to give 1.07 g of 7-fluoro-6-methoxy-4-oxo-1,4-dihydro-3-quinolinecarbonitrile as a yellow solid.

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