Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 19379704, compound

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Methyl 1,2-dihydro-l-methyl-2-oxo-4-quinoline acetate (2.35 g, 10.16 mmol) was dissolved in dry tetrahydrofuran (50 ml) and sodium borohydride (1.92 g, 50.8 mmol) was added thereto. The mixture was refluxed. Under the same conditions, methanol (19 ml) was slowly added dropwise thereto (over 1 hour) and the mixture was refluxed for 1 hour. To the reaction mixture was acidified (pH about 2) with 2N-hydrochloric acid. The solvent was distilled off and water (300 ml) was poured to the residue. The mixture was extracted with chloroform (300 ml×3). The organic layer was separated, dried (over magnesium sulfate) and the solvent was distilled off. The residue was crystallized with ether to give the entitled compound (1.80 g) as white crystals (yield 87.2%, mp 149°-150 ° C. (chloroform--hexane)).

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