Hydrazine hydrate (1:1) → 8-(3-Chloro-propoxy)-5,6-dihydro-2H-benzo[h]cinnolin-3-one

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In a 100 mL round bottom flask, 6-(3-chloro-propoxy)-3,4-dihydro-2H-naphthalen-1-one (1 g, 4.2 mmol), and glyoxylic acid monohydrate (387 mg, 4.2 mmol), in acetic acid (10 mL) was heated to reflux 6 h. The reaction was cooled and hydrazine monohydrate (0.41 mL, 8.4 mmol) was added and the reaction was heated to reflux 14 h. The reaction was cooled and the solvent concentrated under vacuum. The slurry was partitioned between methylene chloride and water, separated, dried over MgSO4. Purification with silica gel chromatography eluting with methylene chloride/methanol (95:5) produced 620 mg (51%). MS m/z 291 (M+H).

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