8-Aminoquinoline → 5-bromoquinolin-8-amine

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To a solution of 8-aminoquinoline (4.0 g, 28 mmol) in CH3CN (185 mL) was added N-bromosuccinimide (2.47 g, 13.9 mmol). After stirring for 15 minutes, a second portion of N-bromosuccinimide (2.71 g, 15.2 mmol) was added. After stirring for an additional 30 minutes, the mixture was concentrated. The residue was dissolved in EtOAc, then washed with water (2×100 mL) and saturated NaCl (aq) (100 mL). The organics were dried over Na2SO4, filtered, then concentrated. The residue was purified by silica gel chromatography eluting with 10-15% EtOAc/hexanes to afford the title compound as a white solid: 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3): δ 8.79 (dd, J=1.5, 4.1 Hz, 1H), 8.46 (dd, J=1.5, 8.5 Hz, 1H), 7.60 (d, J=8.1 Hz, 1H), 7.52 (dd, J=4.1, 8.5 Hz, 1H), 6.83 (d, J=8.1 Hz, 1H); LC7: 2.48 min. (M+H) 225.

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