Phosphorus oxychloride → 1-chloro-6-methoxy-N,N-dimethylisoquinolin-3-amine

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A solution of 3-(dimethylamino)-6-methoxyisoquinolin-1-ol (700 mg, 3.21 mmol) in POCl3 (2 ml, 21.46 mmol) was refluxed for 4 h. The reaction mixture was concentrated. The residue was dissolved in DCM and the pH was adjusted to 7 with 4N NaOH. The organic phase was collected and dried over sodium sulfate, filtered, then concentrated under vacuum. The crude material was purified by silica gel chromatography using 50% DCM in hexanes as eluent. The product fractions were collected and the solvent was removed under vacuum to give 1-chloro-6-methoxy-N,N-dimethylisoquinolin-3-amine (400 mg, 53% yield). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CHLOROFORM-d) δ ppm 7.96 (d, J=9.3 Hz, 1H), 6.87 (dd, J=9.2, 2.4 Hz, 1H), 6.80 (d, J=2.3 Hz, 1H), 6.43 (s, 1H), 3.91 (s, 3H), 3.14 (s, 6H); MS m/z 237.0 (M++1).

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