Ethyl Acetoacetate → Ethyl 4-amino-5-(cyclopentylmethoxy)-2-methylquinoline-3-carboxylate

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To a solution of 2-amino-6-(cyclopentylmethoxy)benzonitrile (Tachdjian, C. et al. PCT Int. Appl. 2008, WO 2008154221) (21.63 g, 100.0 mmol) and ethyl acetoacetate (12.6 mL, 100.0 mmol) in anhydrous toluene (300 mL) was added SnCl4 (23.1 mL, 200.0 mmol) over a period of 25 minutes at room temperature under nitrogen. The stirred reaction mixture was then refluxed for 5 h under nitrogen. After it was cooled down to room temperature, the reaction solution was concentrated to remove most of the solvent under reduced pressure. The residue was re-dissolved in EtOAc (3.5 L) and carefully neutralized to pH 8 with aqueous NaOH solution (6.0 N, ˜130 mL) at 0° C. The resultant mixture was stirred at room temperature overnight. The precipitate was filtered off, and the organic layer was separated and washed with brine (400 mL), dried over Na2SO4 and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by column chromatography on silica gel eluting with 30% EtOAc in hexanes to give the title compound as a pale yellow solid (24.6 g, 75%). 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 1.30-1.36 (m, 5H), 1.53-1.65 (m, 4H), 1.81-1.86 (m, 2H), 2.42-2.45 (m, 1H), 2.54 (s, 3H), 4.05 (d, J=7.2 Hz, 2H), 4.31 (q, J=7.2 Hz, 2H), 6.89 (d, J=7.6 Hz, 1H), 7.21-7.23 (m, 1H), 7.50 (t, J=8.0 Hz, 1H), 8.08 (s, 2H). MS 329 (MH+).

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