Sodium Hydroxide → 6-Methylquinolin-3-OL

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A solution of 3-Amino-6-methylquinoline [(1.21 g, 7.65 mmol), prepared according to J. Chem. Soc. 2024-2027 (1948) Morley, J. S.; Simpson, J. C. E.] in 6N H2SO4 (25 ml) was cooled in an ice bath. To the solution NaNO2 (560 mg, 8.10 mmol) in water (2 ml) was added and stirred for 30 min at 0 degrees. Separately 5% H2SO4 was refluxed and above Diazo reaction mixture was added to this refluxing solution. After 30 min the reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature, and was neutralized by 6N NaOH. The resulting insoluble material was collected by filtration. This solid was recrystallized by CHCl3/AcOEt to afford compound (308) (348 mg, 29%).

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