Dimethylformamide → Ethyl 2-(6-cyano-2-oxoquinolin-1(2h)-yl)acetate

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Ethyl 2-(6-bromo-2-oxoquinolin-1(2H)-yl)acetate (2.37 g, 7.64 mmol)cuprous cyanide (8.87 g, 99.0 mmol), and tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(0) (3.50 g, 3.03 mmol) in dimethylforamide (100 ml) was placed into a preheated oil bath at 140° C. After stirring for 24 h, the solution was diluted with water and extracted with ethyl acetate. The combined organic extracts were dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was flash chromatographed with 9:1, 4:1, 7:3, and 3:2 methylene chloride:ethyl acetate as the eluant to afford 0.74 g (38% yield) of ethyl 2-(6-cyano-2-oxoquinolin-1(2H)-yl)acetate. Method [7] retention time 2.87 min by HPLC (M+257).

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