Sodium Hydroxide → Ethyl 2-chloro-1,8-naphthyridine-3-carboxylate

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Ethyl 2-oxo-1,2-dihydro-1,8-naphthyridine-3-carboxylate (405.0 mg, 1.86 mmol) was suspended in POCl3 (4.5 ml) under N2. The mixture was heated to reflux for 1.5 h, and then it was allowed to cool down and carefully poured over an ice-water mixture. The mixture was neutralized with solid NaOH and the product extracted with EtOAc. The combined organic extracts were dried (MgSO4), filtered and concentrated. Purification was done by flash chromatography (CH2Cl2/MeOH 97:3→95:5) to give 242.6 mg (55%) of the title compound.

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