Toluene → Ethyl 4-chloro-8-(trifluoromethyl)quinoline-3-carboxylate

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4-Hydroxy-8-(trifluoromethyl)-3-quinolinecarboxylic acid ethyl ester (compound of formula (V)), 11.27 g, 39.55 mmol) was taken into toluene (125 mL), then POCl3 (7.4 mL, 79.08 mmol) was added and the mixture was refluxed for 1.5 hours. The reaction was carefully poured into ice-water with vigorous stirring, then added carefully added saturated NaHCO3 until the solution was neutral. Dilute with ethyl acetate and separate the layers. The organic layer was dried over MgSO4, filtered and concentrated. The resulting material was passed through a short silica gel plug using 10% ethyl acetate in hexane. Concentration and drying under high vacuum yielded 9.93 g of the title compound as a white solid.

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