Trifluoroacetic acid → (2-oxoquinolin-1(2H)-yl)acetaldehyde

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To 0.88 g of 1-(1,3-dioxolan-2-ylmethyl)quinolin-2(1H)-one, 8.8 mL of a 90% aqueous trifluoroacetic acid solution was added, and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 2 hours. The solvent was removed under reduced pressure, thereto were added an aqueous saturated sodium hydrogen carbonate solution and ethyl acetate, and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 30 minutes. The organic layer was separated, and the aqueous layer was extracted 5 times with ethyl acetate. The organic layer and an extract were combined, the resultant solution was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and the solvent was removed under reduced pressure to obtain 0.55 g of (2-oxoquinolin-1(2H)-yl)acetaldehyde.

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