Water → 3-Bromo-8-methylquinolin-6-ol

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6-Amino-3-bromo-8-methylquinoline (12 g) (preparation described in Journal of the American Chemical Society (1955), pages 4175-4176) is suspended in a mixture of water (5 ml) and phosphoric acid (60 ml) and heated in a sealed glass tube to 180° C. for 3 days. The mixture is cooled to ambient temperature, diluted with water then taken to pH 3-4 with aqueous (2M)

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